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At a time of housing emergencies across the country, Scottish structural engineer Alan Ferns argues that demolishing RAAC-affected homes is not the only answer. It sometimes feels that, in the opaque realm of official decision-making, the temptation to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut is just too h

A low carbon community with 1,100 new homes, a hotel, leisure facilities and public open space at Yorkhill Quay has gained full planning consent.

A big-hearted team of East Kilbride-based engineers have walked, ran and cycled their way to raise as much as they possibly could for one of Scotland’s worthiest causes.

Costa Clyde on a sunny Saturday was the setting for the Five Ferries Challenge, a 52-mile-long cycle ride undertaken by a team of East Kilbride-based engineers on behalf of the Beatson Cancer Charity.

East Kilbride-based independent consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has hailed the recent professional success of its graduate apprentice Megan McGaw. Megan, now a valued member of the firm’s Structural Engineering team, joined Dougall Baillie Associates in 2018 for a work exp

Hadden Group has secured a £1.9 million design & build contract to deliver ten much needed affordable homes for rent in Newtyle for Abertay Housing Association.

Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) gave a warm welcome to basketball star Clifton Moore Jnr last month when the Caledonia Gladiators player visited his sponsor's office in East Kilbride. Based in East Kilbride, the Gladiators are the only Scottish team in the British Basketball League &

Alan Ferns, director of structural engineering at Dougall Baillie Associates, offers advice to building owners and operators affected by RAAC. Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part of the job to identify potentially intractable problems – and then bend the

Independent consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has landed a whole structural design contract on a housing development on the last piece of vacant land at Renfrew’s Braehead Shopping Centre. Working with Bellway Homes, the specialist firm will provide design services at L

The MD of engineering business Dougall Baillie Associates, Fergus Adams, argues that the increasing rate of return to the office can be good for everyone. The obituaries for office-based working were hastily wheeled out when the country had to adopt remote working overnight two years ago, but it ver

Independent consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has added another Chartered Engineer (CEng) to its structural engineering team following a successful review of senior engineer Nicola Hill. The fast-growing specialist firm now has 13 people in its structural division, up from eight j

Consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has been called on to accelerate the restart of a prestigious residential development where Robert Burns composed the song The Bonnie Lass o’ Ballochmyle, and which is destined to become one of the most breathtaking estates in the country.

Consulting engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) said it is forging ahead with another prime opportunity after planning consent was granted for a 151-home development in Glasgow’s East End.

Independent engineering consulting specialist Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has been called on to facilitate “massively ambitious" revamp plans at Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club (RLTC) which have been backed by celebrity tennis coach Judy Murray. The East Kilbride-based firm is supporting the

A civil and environmental engineering company is throwing its skills, expertise and experience behind plans by a green community group to turn three disused bowling greens into a community garden for local people to enjoy. Independent engineering consulting specialist Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA