Project Scotland | The Scottish Construction News Magazine
22 July 2024. Project Scotland remains the only construction news magazine published in Scotland and thus the only publication properly placed to fully reflect industry thinking north of the border. Editorial includes project news, business, site and sector reports. In addition, we have regular features covering civil engineering, insulation ...
What will 2024 have in store for Scotland’s construction industry?
Jan 3, 2024 · Student accommodation will be an important source of work for construction in Scotland over the next 2-3 years but by contrast, investment in build-to-rent (BTR) and new project starts have slowed significantly. This is due to the Scottish Government’s policy on rent caps and eviction protections and so is unlikely to change in 2024 and beyond.
Base for £4.3 billion project officially opens in Glasgow
Nov 8, 2024 · A new facility has opened in Glasgow to act as a base for the £4.3 billion project to deliver a series of subsea electricity transmission links between Scotland and England. The Eastern Green Link (EGL) Collaboration Centre will bring together employees from SSEN Transmission and National Grid Electricity Transmission Joint Venture, as well as ...
Scotland’s construction industry enters 2022 with renewed …
5 January 2022. 2021 was one of the most challenging years on record for the Scottish construction industry. Material shortages, soaring price rises, the skills gap, and the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic left businesses across the country grappling with a whole myriad of issues. It wasn’t all doom and gloom, however.
What is the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard delivering?
Sep 23, 2024 · Scottish Government launched the Net Zero Public Sector Buildings Standard at COP26 as a voluntary initiative. Expressing net zero intentions for projects is complex and nuanced, with early adoption and refinement best led by public bodies’ commitment, rather than compulsion by government. We didn’t know what the uptake would be, but for ...
Is the construction sector ready for AI? | Project Scotland
Nov 6, 2024 · According to a recent survey by Dentons, the most popular use cases for AI by real estate developers and construction companies include IT and cybersecurity, with 75% of sector respondents saying they already use AI for this purpose, followed by customer service and accounting – both at 71%. However, the industry recognises that it needs to ...
Upturn in infrastructure activity provides encouraging signs for ...
Nov 7, 2024 · EXPECTATIONS for Scotland’s construction market in the year ahead have improved following an upturn in infrastructure activity, new research has revealed. The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Construction Monitor show that overall construction workloads fell flat in Scotland ...
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Roofing | Project Scotland
9 October 2024. Glidevale Protect has released two visual technical guides to help specifiers and roofing contractors determine the correct roof space ventilation requirements depending on the type of pitched roofing underlay used, for both permeable and impermeable roof coverings.
Scaling up Passivhaus in Scotland | Project Scotland
Oct 9, 2024 · This is an important achievement given the discrepancy between design aspiration and as-built performance of many new buildings in the UK can be as much as 50-100% (the ‘performance gap’). Our project at Drymen was one of the first certified Passivhaus social housing projects in Scotland. It was a mixture of housing for over-55s and general ...
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