Building Briefs – April 27th

Boxing champion celebrates Scottish title with employer City Building

Scottish Super Bantamweight Champion Joe Ham swapped his boxing gloves for joinery tools when he returned to his day job with construction firm City Building.

Joe won his first Scottish title in the Scottish Featherweight Championships at the SSE on 15 April, defeating Scott McCormack in a 10-round fight. A time-served joiner, he celebrated his victory with employer and sponsor City Building at Queenslie Training Centre, where he learned his trade as an apprentice.

City Building gave Joe seven weeks off work to focus on his gruelling training schedule, which involved daily 5.30am runs, strength and conditioning sessions, and sparring.

Joe said: “I’m very grateful for the incredible support I’ve had from Citybuilding over the years. I couldn’t have done this without them and they’ve been with me every step of the journey, since I started my apprenticeship with them nearly five years ago.”

Joe is currently working on the site of the new Broomhill Primary School, which is due to be completed in 2018.

Haudagain ground investigations due to get underway

The ground investigations for the Haudagain Improvement scheme will begin on May 9 and are expected to take seven weeks.

Although there are currently no plans for any investigations to be carried out on the A90 and A96 trunk roads, traffic management measures will be in place to allow work on local roads to be carried out safely.

Promotions at Russell Roof Tiles

At a time of continued growth, pitched roofing manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles has boosted its sales team with various promotions.

Russells was originally founded in Lochmaben as The Annadale Tile Company by John Gibson, when he purchased the 11-acre Halleaths (Lochmaben near Lockerbie) site over 50 years ago.

Four promotions follow a hugely successful 12 months, where continued sales growth has gone hand-in-hand with an expansion of Russells product range. This portfolio includes an extensive range of tiles and fixings ideally suitable for all market sectors and sympathetic to native roofing materials and styles across the UK.

Due to the continued growth of the business, the sales team has been re-structured further in the core areas of Scotland and the Midlands and South Yorkshire. Scott Summers has joined the sales management team for Scotland and Ross Hayward for Midlands and South Yorkshire.

Rhodri Jones and Gordon McKinnon are further evidence of the company’s training development programme and investment in talented people. Having completed their two-year internal training, Rhodri now has full responsibility of the South West & South Wales area, with Gordon now taking full responsibility of the North East and Cumbria.

Big-hearted Bellway lends support to SBH Scotland

Housebuilder Bellway has made a donation to Dullatur headquartered Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland.

The company, which has a development in nearby Carrickstone in Cumbernauld, was moved to contribute to the campaign after hearing about the hard work of the charity in the local area and beyond.

Fraser Conn, sales director for Bellway Homes Scotland (Ltd), presented the cheque to Chantal Carr, corporate fundraiser for SBH Scotland.

Founded in the 1965 Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland supports children, young people and adults across Scotland through projects individual and family support, home and hospital visits, youth clubs, health check clinics, one to one key workers and respite.

Every year the charity needs to raise over £1 million to provide specialist support and information to those with spina bifida, hydrocephalus and related conditions.