Insight

Bruce Robertson, lending manager for Scotland at specialist property finance lender Atelier, looks at the challenges that Scotland’s housing market is facing in 2024 and beyond. It is no surprise that Edinburgh Council and, most recently, Glasgow Council have declared housing emergencies. The

Brunton Design has finalised the design for this new build house in Leuchars, Fife.

In the organisation's monthly column for Scottish Construction Now, Jocelyne Fleming, policy and public affairs officer for CIOB in Scotland, explains why the Scottish Government is missing a trick in its efforts to support social housing providers. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with

Alan Ferns, director of structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates, offers advice to building owners and operators affected by RAAC. Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part of the job to identify potentially intractable problems – and then bend the

Proposed new measures to tackle unsafe cladding in Scotland will have “significant consequences” for the country’s real estate industry when adopted, writes Graham Horsman. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill – expected to be passed by mid-2024 – is

Caitriona Jordan, head of retrofit at Built Environment Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Sara Edmonds, head of citizen engagement at BE-ST, and co-director of the National Retrofit Hub (NRH), and Rachael Owens, co-director of NRH, share their insights from the International Retrofit Conference. As th

To mark the first day of the Learning Places Scotland conference, Michael Ross tells SCN how Scotland's hub partnership model is helping to address key issues in the sector. In an ever-changing world, one constant remains - the power of education. It is the foundation upon which the future of o

Mark O'Neill from Hardies Property & Construction Consultants tells SCN why the latest changes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are very significant for building owners and occupiers. Commercial buildings across the UK are more energy efficient. At least that is what the

There is little point in planting hundreds of thousands of trees on our roads network if we don’t look after them until they can serve their purpose, says Keith Gallacher. Everyone who drives a car or travels by bus will have seen the small forests of plastic tubes at the side of any new

You’d be hard-pressed to find a construction business in Scotland that isn’t harnessing technology in the modern age. From using trucks and tractors to transport materials to calling clients on smartphones, almost every aspect of modern construction incorporates some sort of tech. But,

As any business knows, customers are the key to success. But if you’ve set up your plumbing business and aren’t seeing the levels of sales you expected, what else can you do? Fortunately, you’re not at a dead end.

Former apprentice bricklayer Danny McKibbens charts his rise to operations director at Clark Contracts for the latest in SCN’s Construction Leader series and notes the company's strong focus on training and career development. Danny McKibbens knows the positive influence a supportive empl

Heating, Plumbing & Parts (HPP) has grown its status as one of Scotland’s principal distributors in the plumbing, heating, and bathroom sector, following support from Business Gateway. The company's trajectory has seen significant expansion since its establishment in 2018, with branches no

Affordable, scalable retrofit can be achieved in a way that gives financial power to communities and transforms them for the better according to Rufus Grantham, co-founder at not-for-profit community interest corporation Living Places. Writing ahead of BE-ST Fest, a two-day industry summit taking pl

Rearo MD Graham Mercer considers the skills gap in the construction and manufacturing industries and suggests what needs to be done to ensure those sectors are properly resourced to fulfil future, large-scale infrastructure projects. The UK construction industry has long been a crucial driver o