Burns & McDonnell business development director Zoe Dempsey looks at the changes that the engineering sector will need to make if it is going to have any chance of achieving the UK and Scottish governments’ ambitions for a net zero energy system. Getting to clean energy targets will depend
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Scotland’s target of net zero emissions by 2045 requires change in many sectors – the commercial property market being one of them. A recent Scottish Government consultation cited improving the energy performance of buildings as a key part of its strategy, writes Matt Farrell. In England
The Scottish National Investment Bank has secured the completion of 481 mid-market rental homes over the course of the last financial year, its second full year accounts have revealed. In February 2022, the Bank committed £40 million to aid the construction of affordable housing acro
Law firm CMS has appointed Fenella Mason as a partner in the firm’s infrastructure, construction and energy (ICE) disputes practice in Edinburgh. Fenella, who joins from Burness Paull where she led the firm’s construction and projects team for 13 years, has more than 30 years of exp
A “one nation” approach to training is essential to ensure skills, standards and safety are consistent everywhere across Scotland and the UK, electrical bodies have warned. Localised training has been suggested as a ‘quick fix’ for teaching would-be electricians new skil
A Barratt Developments Scotland site manager has been named Site Manager of the Year at a prestigious event which shines a light on the very best talent in the industry. Iain MacLaren, site manager at the homebuilder’s Culloden West development near Inverness, beat off stiff competition to sco
The UK’s first vertical distillery in Leith has revealed first-look images of the finished interior ahead of opening to the public next month. More than a decade since the ‘pipe dream’ idea was first conceived by wine merchant Ian Stirling and finance director Paddy Fletcher over a
A local authority has ordered a developer to demolish two tower blocks for multiple breaches of planning rules. The Royal Borough of Greenwich is taking enforcement action against the Comer Homes Group’s Mast Quay Phase II development in Woolich.
144 West George Street, the prominent Glasgow city centre commercial asset owned by Topland, has been fully let following a new tenancy agreement with rail contractor QTS. Specialising in rail engineering, infrastructure and electrification, QTS has taken 3,040 sq ft across the 7th floor of the Grad
The Scottish Government no longer expects to have enough money to deliver all its planned £26 billion investment in public sector infrastructure, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has warned today. A new report published by the Auditor General reveals that a combination of reduced
SGN CEO Mark Wild OBE has been appointed as the chair of the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP), the body which identifies and addresses the skills challenges in the utilities sector. Mark will chair the EUSP’s CEO Council and will engage at a strategic level with policymakers and
Bancon Homes’ Queens Gate development has become the official kit sponsor for the Strathaven Rugby Football Club under-18 team for the 2023/24 season. Run by volunteer coaches, Strathaven RFC is a hugely successful family-focused rugby club providing training and rugby football skills to
After five years of dedicated leadership of the Heat Pump Association (HPA), Phil Hurley has stepped down from his role as chair. Mr Hurley has been instrumental in the successful growth of the HPA’s membership and influence, helping to secure the HPA as a trusted voice, and critical friend, t
SELECT managing director Alan Wilson has told thousands of radio listeners across the UK that proper training and apprenticeships are essential to protect the safety of consumers and others in the construction industry. Speaking on the popular Building Ideas Show with Mark Millar on Fix Radio, the M
International property and construction consultancy Gleeds has announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated its net-zero science-based target by 2040, making Gleeds one of the first property and construction consultancies with net-zero targets grounded in climate science.

