Curtain is lifted on police base
A high specification glass and aluminium façade has been created using advanced curtain walling solutions from Wicona for a £24 million regeneration project overlooking...
Now isn’t time to be complacent
By Akash Marwaha, managing director, Hays in Scotland
AT Hays, we’re experiencing a serious disconnect between employers’ expectations and the current reality when recruiting for...
Lost generation creates a challenge for Scotland’s construction sector
By Paul Dixon, managing director, Munro Group
WHILE the UK construction industry has, broadly speaking, picked itself up and dusted itself down since the financial...
Quality over quantity: 90 years of success for Mactaggart & Mickel Group
Mactaggart & Mickel Group are celebrating their 90th anniversary this year with a series of events including a revamped website, art school scholarship, charity...
Building a lasting legacy in Glasgow’s East End
On the anniversary of the Commonwealth Games, Project Scotland editor Gary Moug speaks to the key players of the City Legacy consortium which built...
Construction contracts: NEC3 v SBCC
Any conversation between an experienced project manager and a specialist construction lawyer on the choice of contracts is likely to be a lively one...
Solid investments leaves family firm holding strong
DAVID Stirling heads up Allan Water Developments from an office in the grounds of the Bridge of Allan house he grew up in.
Part of...
Breathing new life into university cityscapes
FOR the majority of people, the term ‘student housing’ will conjure images of damp, overcrowded buildings in a less than picturesque setting. However, in...
Offsite manufacturing delivers high quality and affordable housing
FOLLOWING extensive research and development into opportunities to improve the efficiency and speed of the construction process, CCG has become a proponent of offsite...
Innovation Park is testing ground for future homes
Lanarkshire site is finding solutions to challenges faced by the built environment, reports Gary Moug
DEEP in the heart of Lanarkshire, on the site of...
The Rolling Stonemasons
HAVING left his job as a civil engineer, Craig Derrick is now one of 34 stonemasonry apprentices training with Historic Scotland at Forth Valley College....
Flame burns bright for oil rig derrick refurbishment
POWERCLAD Flame Retardant Filter Sheeting from Industrial Textiles and Plastics has been successful in withstanding the rigours of the exposed conditions in the North...
Scaffolding firm placing faith in the System
XERVON Palmers has converted to System Scaffolding for an efficient large-scale industrial access job – to facilitate the bi-annual overhaul of the interior of...
Publication of revised HSE checklist welcomed
THE NASC has welcomed the publication of the recently amended ‘HSE Scaffold Checklist’.
The document is intended to clarify when scaffold design is required,...
Impressive Turn-er round
A derelict historical building on Glasgow’s Clydeside has been given new life by the National Theatre of Scotland as part of the Glasgow 2014...
Apprentice scheme target within sight
NASC President Kevin Ward’s plan to create at least 400 new scaffolding apprentices during his two-year term is off to a flying start.
Mr Ward...
Towering presence: unique systems rise to Thames challenge
SUSTAINABLE construction methods are being used on the site of London’s £110 million development New Providence Wharf, resulting in the reduction of timescales on...
Offsite construction can deliver the goods for affordable housing
Figures indicate that around 155,000 people are on waiting lists for housing in Scotland. Alex Goodfellow, group MD of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, explains...
Stop press!
A challenging new car park development is being built on the site of the former Birmingham Mail & Post newspaper HQ.
Presenting a very different...
£1.4 billion Queensferry Crossing is taking shape
PERI Ltd is contributing to major time and cost savings on the most ambitious infrastructure project in Scotland’s history - the Queensferry Crossing -...
