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Dougall Baillie Associates pledges support to Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity

Our Legacy Partners 2023 Dougall Baillie Associates has pledged its support to the next generation of Scotland’s children by joining Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity as a Legacy Partner. As a Legacy Partner, Dougall Baillie Associates will help to fund the latest healthcare technology, and accelerate medical innovation; because children in hospital today can’t wait for…

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Our Legacy Partners 2023

Our Legacy Partners 2023 Dougall Baillie Associates are delighted to continue our support for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity by pledging our support to the next generation of Scotland’s children by joining GCHC as a Legacy Partner. As a Legacy Partner, we will help to fund the latest healthcare technology, and accelerate medical innovation; because children…

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Congratulations to Paul Ross, CEng MICE

Congratulations to Paul Ross, CEng MICE DBA are delighted to announce that following a recent review by the Institution of Civil Engineers, that Paul Ross has now achieved the status of Chartered Engineer. This is a great milestone for Paul, and confirms his commitment to the profession, and his efforts over the past few years.…

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DBA SPONSORS #RLTCPROJECT100

DBA SPONSORS #RLTCPROJECT100 PELOTON TO WIMBLEDON We are delighted to announce that we are sponsoring Stage 1 to Moffat on the Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club #PelotonToWimbledon adventure. The aim of the challenge is to raise funds for #RLTCProject100, in particular, ambitious plans to build some covered tennis courts in nearby Overtoun Park as part of…

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DBA Maintains ISO 9001 Certification

DBA Maintains ISO 9001 Certification Congratulations to our team at Dougall Baillie for another successful year in maintaining our ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems) certification. Continual ISO accreditation is a testament to our employees’ commitment to customer focus and compliance to our policies, procedures and processes.This year provided additional challenges in Covid-19, remote working, audits,…

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Project Scotland DBA Graduate Apprenticeship Initiative

DBA’s Graduate Apprenticeship Initiative Engineering consultancy launches new graduate apprenticeship initiative Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has introduced graduate apprenticeships to create ‘earn-as-you-learn’ opportunities for young adults. The East Kilbride-based engineering consultancy is currently putting two recruits through a civil and environmental engineering degree as part of its company-wide training initiatives, the latest of which is…

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The Engineer – DBA ‘Earn As You Learn’ Scheme

DBA’s Commitment to ‘Earn As You Learn’ Scheme Engineering consultancy Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) is putting two young people through a civil and environmental engineering degree while they also work at the East Kilbride-based firm. Stuart McDermott and Ross Cameron are midway through the Civil & Environmental Engineering degree at Glasgow Caledonian University after having completed the HNC…

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Scottish Construction Now – DBA Graduate Scheme

Scottish Construction Now – DBA Graduate Schemes Youngsters sign up to Dougall Baillie’s ‘earn-as-you-learn’ graduate schemes Engineering consultancy Dougall Baillie Associates has taken steps to boost its talent pool with the introduction of graduate apprenticeships which create sought-after “earn-as-you-learn” opportunities. The East Kilbride-based firm is currently putting two young people through a civil and environmental…

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QUIZZING FRIDAYS AT DBA

QUIZZING FRIDAYS AT DBA Dougall Baillie are keeping up moral with all of the staff by hosting a quiz last thing on a Friday. This week it is the Big Quiz being hosted by Sir James of https://www.glasgowpubquiz.com/​ fame. He will also be hosting our annual client pub quiz which has been postponed until a later…

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DBA APPRENTICE MAKES THE FINALS

DBA APPRENTICE MAKES THE FINALS Kieran Duffy is Lanarkshire Apprentice Finalist in the Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards which celebrates the success and achievements of businesses in Lanarkshire. Due to the current COVID-19 and government guidlines the 2020 Awards that was due to take place on 1st May has been postponed. Contact Info Phone: 01355 266480…

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DBA JOINS THE 5% CLUB

DOUGALL BAILLIE ASSOCIATES COMMITS TO ‘EARN AND LEARN’ BY JOINING THE 5% CLUB Dougall Baillie Associates has showcased its commitment to developing its people by joining The 5% Club, an industry led initiative focussed on driving momentum into the recruitment of apprentices, graduates and sponsored students. The 5% Club, initiated by Leo Quinn Group CEO…

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NEW GRADUATE APPRENTICESHIPS

NEW GRADUATE APPRENTICESHIPS Carrying on the tradition of training and providing opportunities for staff development, we’re delighted to confirm both Kieran Duffy and Megan McGaw as starting on their Graduate Apprenticeship programme at Glasgow Caledonian University. Both will be attending over the next 4 years, pursuing a Degree in Civil Engineering, whilst continuing to work…

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DBA FUNDRAISING

DBA FUNDRAISING Dougall Baillie MacMillan Coffee Morning Keeping up the ongoing commitment to fundraising, we’ve been quite active recently in this area. We’ve had our annual MacMillan Coffee Morning which was a great success with loads of tasty cakes on offer, with Alan (or we suspect his wife…) being crowned as star baker! We’ve also…

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DBA AT TRYDEN TRIATHLON

DBA AT TRYDEN PROPERTY INDUSTRY TRIATHLON DBA took part in this years inaugural Tryden property industry triathlon in Dunbar. The event was very well organised by Ryden and Foxlake Adventures and proved to be very challenging and enjoyable at the same time. Alan; Scott; Colin; Calum and Nicola represented DBA in the individual events of…

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FURTHER IENG SUCCESS AT DBA

FURTHER IENG SUCCESS AT DBA Congratulations to Scott McArthur who has successfully passed his Professional Review and has obtained the title Incorporated Engineer (IEng). Success at this review is a demonstration of Scott’s proven ability in his career to date encompassing site design/ project supervision and client liaison. We wish Scott the best of luck…

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DBA in the Community

Community Engagement continues…… DBA are continuing involvement in the local community by attending the recent Careers Fair at Duncanrig High School. Colin Weir, Clair McGuinness and Grant Haddow pictured here promoting DBA and the civil engineering industry to the pupils. Working to increase interest in Civil Engineering and STEM related activities for future generations. Contact…

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NCE100 – The story continues

DBA CELEBRATES NCE100 Continuing in our success, DBA are delighted to have been once again ranked by NCE100 as one of the top 100 Civil Engineering Companies in this year’s awards. DBA have secured a position on this list for 4 consecutive years, since the inception of the list. We are inspired by our inclusion…

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Exciting announcements at Dougall Baillie

EXCITING NEW CHANGES AT DBA Dougall Baillie Associates are delighted to announce that our Associates – Alan Ferns, Stuart Harrow and Scott Macphail are now Directors within the practice, joining Fergus Adams, who will now head up the management team, as Managing Director. New Directors Alan, Stuart and Scott have over 50 years’ experience with…

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For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow!

FELLOW OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS We are delighted to announce and congratulate Fergus Adams on attaining the status of Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This is an excellent achievement, and this recognises Fergus’ continued efforts in the industry. This is the award attained by those who have demonstrated leadership; knowledge and…

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STEMette Event

DBA attends STEMette event at Calderglen High School DBA have recently participated in a STEMette event held by Calderglen High School. The event was attended by our STEM Ambassador, Ross Cameron accompanied by Claire Kirk, one of our Civil Engineering Technicians. The purpose of this event was to engage with S2 girls and increase their…

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EngTech Success!

TECHNICIAN MEMBERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS We are pleased to announce that one of our technicians, Stuart McDermott, has been successful in his recent review for Technician Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Stuart has achieved this through his attitudes to work and demonstration of capabilities in his role. Whilst we have…

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Great Scottish Run 2018

GREAT SCOTTISH RUN 2018 DBA staff are celebrating after this year’s Great Scottish Run, where 20 of our staff entered the race. Plenty of weary legs after the race, but it was all for a good cause. Loads of money raised in support of the Bloodwise charity (bloodwise.org.uk), and to top it off, we were…

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Gregor Muirhead Memorial Jug

GREGOR MUIRHEAD MEMORIAL JUG Once again, DBA have successfully organised our annual Golf Tournament in memory of our former Colleague, Gregor Muirhead. This year’s event was hosted at the Lochwinnoch Golf Club, where we had 16 entrants to the competition. As always, the format of this competition was based on Texas Scramble, with this year’s…

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Shortlist, Best UK Business Performance

ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTANCY AND ENGINEERING (ACE) AWARDS 2018 DBA have been shortlisted for the 2018 Consultancy and Engineering Awards. We are among a shortlist of 5 companies for in the “Best UK Business Performance – SME” category.   Once again this year, immensely proud of this nomination and a real reflection of current operations and…

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NCE100 Awards 2018 – Shortlist Announced

NCE100 AWARDS 2018 – SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Building on previous years’ achievements in attaining a position in the New Civil Engineer top 100 companies list, DBA are delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist in the NCE100 Companies of the year 2018 Awards. We have been shortlisted in the Business Culture section, in the Category…

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Congratulations Paul Ross

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT DOUGALL BAILLIE Congratulations to Paul Ross who has successfully passed his Professional Review and has obtained the title Incorporated Engineer (IEng). His review focused on his successful experience in developing and implementing Quality Assurance procedures while managing and overseeing site engineering activities. He also discussed his role as Sub-Agent for another…

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Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club

REDESIGN AND DEVELOP RUTHERGLEN LAWN TENNIS CLUB DBA have been involved in the redesign and development of the Burnside Court at the Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club. The aim of the project was to transform the tired court into a centre for the local community, with the addition of a clubhouse and a raised spectator viewing…

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The Benefits of Inclusive Growth

400th BUSINESS PLEDGE FIRM CONFIRMED First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will set out Scotland’s internationally leading approach to inclusive growth, in a speech at the University of Glasgow on Friday 20th October. Scotland’s Inclusive Growth Conference brings together speakers and delegates from international organisations, foreign governments, local authorities and academia to discuss Scotland’s progress and what…

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