October 2015
IAN MCKEE SITS DOWN WITH URBAN REALM MAGAZINE
GLM Managing Director and RICS Chairman Ian McKee sat down with built environment magazine Urban Realm to discuss the thorny wicket of education as a looming employment crunch looks set to wash over the construction sector.
GLM Hosts Part 2 of Grand Designs Seminar Series at RICS HQ
GLM hosted Part 2 of our popular seminar series Grand Designs Not Grand Disasters on Friday, 9 October at RICS Headquarters in Edinburgh. This 3 part seminar aims to examine best practices when tackling small to medium sized building projects.
Another Look at Housing Maintenance Policy
Maintenance is the achilles heel of all housing policy. It is all too easy for politicians to make a short term gain at the expense of the maintenance budget. In the 1950s, 60s and 70s it was common for rent controls in both public and private sector housing to be funded, in effect, from the maintenance budget.