Scotland needs more homes. But can the system meant to deliver them move quickly enough?

In this episode of The Hard Hat Talks⁠, Kenneth Martin is joined by Dr Jocelyne Fleming, Lead Scottish Policy and Public Affairs at the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), to explore why getting projects from ambition to delivery can feel so slow and complex.

Drawing on CIOB’s policy and public-affairs work across housing, skills and the built environment, Jocelyne shares a constructive view of where change can happen. The discussion looks at how better joined-up thinking could help bring planning, infrastructure, viability, regulation, safety and workforce capacity into the same conversation.

Kenneth and Jocelyne discuss the new agency 'More Homes Scotland', the pressure on planning and building-control teams, the challenge of fragmented decision-making, and why better coordination between architects, developers, contractors, consultants and public bodies could make a real difference.

This is not about lowering standards or cutting corners.

It is about asking whether Scotland’s current systems are helping the industry deliver the homes, retrofit, infrastructure and regeneration the country needs - at the pace it needs them.

For developers, architects, contractors, planners, consultants and anyone involved in the built environment, this is a direct conversation about what needs to change to help Scotland build faster.