Founded in the 1960s the SBCC provides definitive guidance on building contracts and construction law in Scotland.

Until now its office bearers have been drawn from the membership of the Royal Institute of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The election of Alan Wilson took place at SBCC’s AGM on November 7.

Alan Wilson said: “It’s a great honour to our organisation, as well as to our sister body, the Scottish Engineering Contractors Group, (SECG), to have been elected as vice-chair of SBCC.”

Chair of the SBCC, Lisa Cattanach, a chartered surveyor who is also a director of Glasgow-based Contract Dispute Resolution, said: “We have worked closely for some years with SELECT and SECG and have a high regard for their professionalism and abilities.

“In our view, the election of Alan to be our new vice-chair is a timely and appropriate development reflecting our due acknowledgement of his organisation.”

Lisa’s first official role as chair of the SBCC was to host a very successful annual conference which was held in the Merchants House in Glasgow on Wednesday 14th November.

She said: “We had an outstanding line up of speakers  including Professor John Cole of Queen’s University, Belfast, who delivered a very thought provoking State of the Nation address, in which he  focussed on the findings of two independent enquiries of industry-wide significance established to address major issues of building quality.”