Insight

Common sense suggests that building houses in factories and screwing them together on site is the most efficient way of creating homes. But generally, that’s not the way we do it. So we brought two pioneers of modular construction together to explain it all on our sister publication's Sco

With changes to legislation expected and disruptions to materials and supply chains rife in 2021 set to continue, Geoff Smith, dealer manager at mini-excavator manufacturer Kubota UK, discusses what the construction industry is likely to face in the coming months.

Stewart Dalgarno, project director at the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) initiative, discusses how climate targets can be met within the house building industry. The end of the UN’s climate change conference COP26 marked the beginning of the hard work req

James Ellis, chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Interest Group, discusses the state of marketing skills within the construction industry. It’s difficult to think of an industry which is more understood, yet at the same time misunderstood, than marketing. Most peopl

John McHugh, managing partner at DM Hall, takes part in SCN's Just A Minute feature. How did you get started in the industry? As a trainee surveyor with a local firm in Ayrshire in the early 1980’s before moving to Glasgow and joining dm hall as a young, newly qualified surveyor in 1988.

John McHugh, managing partner of DM Hall Chartered Surveyors, discusses the state of Scottish property in light of the current cost of living crisis. This time last year, amid frenzied activity in the residential property market in Scotland, driven by the unprecedented external factors of which we a

Following last week's Holyrood discussions on improving ventilation in classrooms, air conditioning expert Gregor Stewart highlights the downsides of the Scottish Government’s ventilation fund. There is no doubt we should applaud the fact that, in the wake of major societal disruptions such as

In celebration of National Apprenticeship Week (Monday 7 – Sunday 13 February), Miller Homes is shining a light on two of their brilliant trainees in West Scotland. Emily McNeice (20) and Brogan Dawson (20), both from Glasgow, have been working hard and are now over halfway through their appre

Ryan Gilluley of Glasgow-based GCM cost and claim consultants offers his take on the current issues facing the Scottish construction industry. In normal circumstances the construction industry is a bellwether sector for the wider economy and it’s not difficult to work out why.

Michael Swanney is a project manager with McGill, and currently manages one of its largest contracts for a housing association. Here, he talks about how his previous experience in a toxic working environment led to severe depression and to him leaving the construction industry, and why it’s so

Showhome design is a constantly evolving art form. In this article, Queensberry Properties’ sales and marketing director, Hazel Davies, speaks with creative director, Suzanne Thomas of Blocc Interiors, on how to ensure new-build homes have a cutting-edge appearance. By its very nature, interio

United Capital subsidiary Saltire Facilities Management continues its parent company’s mental health campaign.

Iain Wardrop, associate director working in the Scottish Futures Trust’s Asset Strategy team, reveals how public sector organisations are increasingly looking to better utilise their buildings. Across Scotland’s public sector, there is an ever-growing focus on ‘place’ which r

Planning minister Tom Arthur offers thoughts on the importance of open space and play areas, and encourages responses to the consultation for Open Space Strategies and Play Sufficiency Assessments. COP26 has reinforced on an international stage, how green spaces, with opportunities to connect with n

Clyde & Co recently successfully defended a claim in the All Sheriff Scotland Court against a dissolved company from a pursuer who had previously made a successful claim against another party, writes David Tait. The second action related to a former employer of the pursuer for whom the insurance