Forth Construction Steering Group

Derek Helmore to Chair Forth Construction

We are delighted to announce that Derek Helmore (FRICS MaPS), a partner at Hardies has agreed to Chair Forth Construction.



Derek Helmore joined Hardies in 1972 became an Associate in 1987 and was assumed as a Partner in 1997. Derek relocated from Dunfermline in 2003 to open the Stirling office. Derek has extensive experience in the development and construction of social housing through providing particularly Quantity Surveying services to Housing Associations for many years. He is retained by several Housing Associations as Employer's Agent. Derek is currently involved in the reconstruction of a 9-hole golf course and the complete refurbishment of a 'Greek Thomson' building both in Glasgow.

Elected Steering Group Members

Forth Construction holds an AGM in part to select members of the steering group, we are delighted that the following industry figures have agreed to give their time to support Forth Construction:

Pamela Brown

Raploch Urban Regeneration Company
Lennox Suite
Forsyth Business Centre
Lomond Court
Castle Business Park
Stirling, FK9 4TU
More Information:Head of Social and Economic Regeneration, Raploch URC Ltd

Pamela Brown is the Raploch Urban Regeneration Company's Community Benefit Development Manager, appointed in September 2004. Pamela joined the Raploch URC from Stirling Council where she served as economic development executive for ten years.

As Head of Service Pamela ensures that socio-economic benefits - such as the creation of jobs for locals, contracts for businesses - are written into the procurement process. Employment training and business growth are also Pamela's responsibility as well as investigating and developing new and innovative projects, such as Radio Raploch. Community Consultation and Engagement are an equally important aspect of her role.

Since her appointment, Pamela has successfully piloted the Scottish Government's Community Benefit in Procurement initiative and helped establish innovative training and recruitment projects such as Breaking The Mould and Community Enterprise which has trained dozens of unemployed locals into full-time work.

A Glasgow University graduate (Master of Arts), Pamela's previous employment includes executive role with Stirling Council's Economic Development and careers officer with Strathclyde Regional Council. Born and brought up in Clydebank, Pamela now lives in Stirling with her two sons.

Margaret Torrance
Paragon Housing Association
Invergrange House
Station Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8DG

Graham Struthers
G & S Lighting
Unit C
Old Campbell House
Alva Industrial Estate
Alva
FK12 5DQ
More Information: Representative for Contractors with under 15 Employees

Steven Lynch
Blyth Construction Utilities Ltd
Campbell House
Alva Industrial Estate
Alva
FK12 5DQ
More Information: Representative for Potential Clients

Stephen Lynas
Hadden Construction Ltd
1 Maiden Plain Place
Aberuthven
Perthshire
PH3 1EL
More Information: Stephen Lynas is Charter Architect and an Associate of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Land & Development Manager at Hadden Construction based in Aberuthven, Perthshire, providing Main Contracting, Development & Residential Housebuilding Services to a wide variety of clients in both the Public and Private sector.

With over 15 years experience in the construction industry Stephen has worked in Private Architectural Practices in Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and Alloa. Stephen has also more recently worked in Project Management Consultancy prior to joining Hadden over 5 years ago.

Stephen has in-depth experience of private and affordable housing, education, healthcare, industrial, retail and commercial projects procured through traditional, design and build, negotiated, construction management and partnering routes. Stephen has particular responsibility at Hadden for its Hadden Homes brand, Land Acquisition, Development Management, Bid Management, Business Development and Sales & Marketing, as well as providing Architectural Consultancy Services to the Company and its Clients.

Stephen has a comprehensive knowledge of Planning & Development Control, Building Regulations, Environmental and current construction Health & Safety legislation and practices. As a Committee Representative of the Stirling Chapter of Architects he represents the Chapter at the Environment, Housing & Town Planning Committee of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Stephen is also an active member of the Fife Construction Forum.

Hadden Construction are a private limited company employing over 100 staff and operatives with a current turnover of £17.5m on projects across the central belt of Scotland, Fife, Perthshire and Tayside on contract values of £100,000 to £6m.

Ian Morrison

Forth Valley College
Clacks Campus
Branshill Road
Sauchie
FK10 3BT
More Information: Forth valley College is the biggest provider of Construction related education and training programmes in central Scotland. The majority of progammes offered are part-time and designed to meet the needs of major clients such as local employers, training bodies and the local community. Currently the department of construction delivers at both the Clackmannan and Falkirk campuses. As a college we are moving into an interesting period in relation to estates development and as Head of Department for Construction I feel confident we can design our portfolio of programmes for our local, national and international markets.

Alan Thompson

Central Training Services Ltd
Central House
119 Bridgeness Road
Bo'ness
EH51 9SG
More Information: Director of Central Training Services Limited established March 1991. Our Training Centre is in Bo'ness, however we train for construction, transport, warehousing and agricultural industries anywhere (furthest away Libya and Iraq). We are approved by CPCS, RTITB, ECITB, IPAF, and PASMA to deliver training courses leading to nationally recognized Certification and are accredited by C&G and SQA to deliver S/NVQs in Plant Operations, Health & Safety and Learning & Development. We have achieved BS EN ISO 9001 : 2000,SQMS, Investors in People and Gold Award for Healthy Working Lives.

Derek Helmore

Hardies Property & Construction Consultants
10 Viewfield Place
Stirling
FK8 1NQ
More Information: Derek Helmore is a Fellow Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a partner in Hardies Property and Construction Consultants based in Stirling providing Quantity Surveying Services to a wide variety of clients in both the Public and Private sector. With over 30 years experience in Private Practice, Derek has in-depth experience of private and social affordable housing, industrial, retail and commercial projects procured through traditional, design and build, construction management, and partnering routes.

Derek also has a comprehensive knowledge of current construction Health & Safety legislation and practices and is a member of the Association for Project safety (formerly The Association of Planning Supervisors)

Hardies Property and Construction Consultants are a major Scottish independent consultancy committed to ensuring that clients engaged in property and construction successfully achieve their objectives. We provide professional advice and project services to meet the needs of clients throughout the life cycle of their business and at all stages of the property/construction development cycle. The Partnership comprises seven complementary consultancy disciplines and a specialist services department which utilises the core skills within the firm and specialist expertise of partners and staff.

Valuation Surveying
Quantity Surveying
Building Surveying
Project Management
Property Management
Planning Supervisor
Clerk of Works
Specialist Services

Jane Adamson

Clacks Council
Greenfield House
Greenfield
Alloa
FK10 2AD

Billy Mitchell
Scottish Enterprise
Laurel House
Laurelhill Business park
Stirling
FK7 9JQ

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