Q&A – Alan Burns, Executive Director

What is City Building doing to promote sustainability?

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges faced by us all and working together with our stakeholders and suppliers we are determined to play our part by managing our business in a sustainable way that reduces carbon emissions and improves resource efficiency.

Employees of Glasgow construction firm, City Building, swapped work boots for walking boots as they took on the UK’s highest mountains for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, raising more than £11,700 in the process.

 Glasgow-born Jason Pearson discusses his climb from apprentice joiner to senior manager during his 25 years with City Building, as the local firm unveils its new management development programme at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Sixteen City Building construction workers have enrolled as graduate apprentices as part of plans to secure the Glasgow firm’s next generation of senior management.

Karen Morton, one of three new trainee quantity surveyors within City Building, joined the construction firm as an apprentice joiner in 1999.

Mark McColgan, 28, from Glasgow, one of City Building’s three newly qualified Quantity Surveyors, joined the organisation on his 16th birthday as an apprentice plumber.

Christopher McCunnie recently qualified as a trainee quantity surveyor with City Building, progressing from his first role as an apprentice within the firm in 2013.

Firm supports progression of apprentices to qualified quantity surveyors.

A City Building employee has been recognised in the Queens’s Birthday Honours list.