Scottish Construction Summit

The build-up is well underway at the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, where Hall 5 is filling with exhibition stands ahead of the Scottish Construction Summit 2026.

Ahead of this week’s Scottish Construction Summit, Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) chief executive Peter Reekie has argued that the biggest gains in the sector will come from making good practice universal, not from chasing the next big idea. In an interview with our sister title Daily Business,

Jonathan Barne KC of Axiom Advocates outlines the key points of the co-insurance defence and its potential consequences. Beware. It lurks. Ill-defined. Morphing. Misunderstood. But, potentially, very dangerous to the unwary. The co-insurance defence.

The Scottish Government is exploring new ways to privately finance major public infrastructure projects, with the Scottish Futures Trust leading work on alternative funding models as pressure on public finances constrains capital spending. The trust is working with the market on a revised approach t

Mitchell Abbott, an advocate at Axiom Advocates, and David Wilson, a consultant at MFMac, discuss the construction contracts landscape after the Supreme Court’s decision in Forthwell. In a recent judgment relevant to the construction industry, the Supreme Court has held that a broad right to r

In a follow-up to MFMac's article last week that highlighted a crucial distinction between public works contracts and land deals, Lord Davidson KC and advocate Jamie McGowan from Axiom Advocates move the conversation towards the importance of disclosure in Scottish procurement litigation. Discl

Marnie Richmond, a solicitor in MFMac's Construction & Projects team, signposts contractors to a crucial distinction between public works contracts and land deals. When contractors or developers enter into arrangements with public bodies involving land intended for development, a fundamental que

A programme of keynotes, panels and presentations covering the issues facing Scotland’s built environment sector will feature across three stages in a free-to-attend Scottish Construction Summit at the SEC Glasgow on 22 October.

As construction grapples with an ageing workforce and a persistent skills gap, David Reid's appearance at the Scottish Construction Summit offers the sector a chance to hear a case for rethinking not just where it looks for talent, but how it talks to the people it's trying to reach. David Reid, co-

Ahead of this year's Scottish Construction Summit, SCN editor Kieran Findlay sat down with Lynsey Breen, who heads up AC Land Regeneration, one of the Advance Group Divisions, a sponsor of this year's event, to discuss the company's growth, its approach to land regeneration, diversification into em

Julie Scott-Gilroy, legal director in MFMac's Infrastructure & Capital Projects team, and Lauren McLaughlin, senior solicitor in MFMac’s Infrastructure & Capital Projects team, share what the construction industry should know when progressing works under a construction contract. Notice

In Scotland, a claim for hidden defects may be out of time before the defect and its consequences are fully understood. Speaking ahead of presenting on the topic of prescription at the Scottish Construction Summit next month, Jennifer McKay of MFMac and David Thomson KC of Axiom Advocates argue that

More than 1,000 people have already registered to attend this year's Scottish Construction Summit and Scottish Housing Summit, with just over four weeks to go until the doors open at the SEC in Glasgow.

Julie Scott-Gilroy, a legal director in MFMac's Infrastructure & Capital Projects team, outlines the key considerations for fire-safety-related claims in Scotland. The discovery of a fire-safety defect can leave a difficult question: who, if anyone, is liable?

Ahead of ScaffEx26 this week and its sponsorship of October's Scottish Construction Summit, the National Access & Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) says it is seeing a marked shift in how Scotland's construction industry engages with the scaffolding and access sector, with Tier 1 contractors and