Space Solutions Announces Staff Appointments
August 19th, 2008 | by James WelchScotland’s leading workspace specialist has appointed five new staff as part of its continued expansion across the Central Belt.
Directors at Space Solutions are delighted with the new talent they have attracted to further strengthen the architecture and design expertise with the 130-strong team.
The recruitment comes as the firm has continued to invest heavily in ongoing staff development, with a series of promotions and successful project wins, bucking the trend in perceived market conditions
Director Derek Binnie said: “The success of a business can partly be measured by the quality of the people it attracts. We are delighted to welcome five talented new people to the operation.
“Our continued growth also depends on getting the best out of our existing staff. So we are also extremely pleased that other colleagues are celebrating new landmarks with the company.”
The key staff changes and developments include:
· William Campbell, who has been recruited as an architectural technician in the Glasgow office space with extensive experience in both public and commercial sectors
· Mhairi Kennedy, another new appointment in Glasgow, where she will be an interior designer and technical space planner working specifically on workplace analysis and estate strategy projects.
· Richard Gray, has joined the Glasgow team as a relocations manager. Richard brings a wealth of experience in move planning and management and compliments an expanding department.
· Mary McKinnon, has joined the firm’s Edinburgh office as an interior designer. She has been working in the industry for eight years.
· Stuart Gough, joins as an experienced architectural assistant in the Edinburgh office and will work towards his full architectural qualifications with the company.
In addition to recent appointments a number of key staff are benefiting from the companies support to continuous professional development:
· Stuart Foster, who has been with Space Solutions in Aberdeen for two years and launched the company’s Sustainability Services, became a certified BREEAM assessor.
· Steve Smith, an architect in the Aberdeen office has celebrated completion of a Masters Degree in Architecture, gaining him Part 2 RIBA status.
· Michael Gerrie, an architectural technician in Aberdeen, was appointed a member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists.
Space Solutions helps businesses deal with major changes to their workplaces by designing, building, fitting out, refurbishing and relocating modern and productive business environments.
It operates UK-wide from bases in Aberdeen,
Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Peterborough and has enjoyed significant growth since a 2007 management buy-out.
Derek Binnie said: “The company was founded in Aberdeen and our objective is to further strengthen our reputation there, while increasingly building our business profile in the Central Belt.
“With this raft of staff appointments and developments we have underlined our determination to succeed on both those fronts, and taken important steps to ensuring our long-term future.”
In another important internal development 22 staff from Edinburgh and Glasgow took part in a team building day with the renowned management training experts, Future Factory.
They included Hannah Laidlaw, a newly-appointed receptionist at the company, who said: “I think it is great Space Solutions has really made the commitment to encourage a team working . The Future Factory session showed us how to communicate better and support one another and we’re continuing to keep this going in the workplace.”
Derek Binnie confirmed the firm will continue to look at new ways of enhancing Space Solutions as a rewarding and motivated place to work.
He said: “We are also looking at ways we can improve staff morale and make the workplace a happier and more productive place.
“It is very important to us to continually watch our staff evolve. This is a notoriously difficult industry to recruit and retain good people and we have certainly pulled together a good group at Space Solutions and we intend to build on that.”
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