October News Round-Up
Posted on November 01, 2023
GI took the win at our Annual GI v SSE Golf Day at Castle Stuart this month, pictured above our Managing Director, David MacDonald.
October is #WorldMentalHealth Day. We are proud to break the silence and stigma surrounding mental ill-health in the Construction Industry which can play a vital role in suicide prevention. GI have 19 Mental Health First Aiders spread across various sites and our Office HQ. Take the opportunity today and any other day, to ask your family, friends or colleagues are they ok and remember it’s #OkNotToBeOk
Reposted from Jennifer Linklater (Civil Engineer at SSE Renewables)
Last week was the final structural concrete pour on the SSE Renewables Tummel Bridge Replant Project. After 13 months, 68 Pours, 4200t of concrete and 170t of reinforcement. The two new twin runner, horizontal Francis Camelback turbines are now fully embedded. This project hasn't been without its challenges along the way and a massive thank you and congratulations goes to Global Infrastructure Scotland Ltd our Principal Contractor and Stantec our Civil designers. Their hard work and professionalism has been vital to ensure we achieved this incredible milestone safely.
Reposted from Sorin-Cristian Panait (Project Manager at Galliford Try)
Many thanks to Tom Strachan, Alan MacKinnon and their site team from Global Infrastructure Scotland Ltd as well as Murform Ltd site team for the effort they are putting, in spite of the challenging weather we’ve experienced lately, in getting us one step closer to our goal and completing two essential pours.
This month we had our first CECA Scotland Academy engagement day with the students from UHI Inverness👷♂️
Mark Fleming our Technical Director and Rheanna Urquhart, Compliance Manager met the students who were showcasing their college work so far whilst gaining a real insight to the industry from ourselves.
The students are on an 18 week course which is a blend of full time education along side industry engagement, they are set to graduate in January 2024 🎓. The course covers all aspects of health, wellbeing and working safely. It focuses on ground related works such as finding services, digging and reinstating ground, working with concrete, kerbs and draining.
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