AS Houses has introduced the promotion of Ian McGarvey to building supervisor.
The transfer follows Ian’s seven-year tenure with the corporate, becoming a member of in 2018 as a website supervisor, emerging during the ranks to contracts supervisor and now building supervisor.
A professional joiner, Ian transitioned into building control in 2006 and labored for corporations together with Redrow, Springfield, Bellway, and Barratt sooner than becoming a member of AS Houses. His time at AS Houses has integrated main the Woodlea building in Darnley to win the ‘Extremely Advisable’ class on the 2022 Scottish House Awards.
In his new function, Ian can be liable for overseeing all lively building websites throughout central Scotland, for each AS Houses and sister corporate Briar Houses. This these days comprises seven trends spanning Armadale West Lothian, Newmains North Lanarkshire, and Better Glasgow.
Because the trade grows its portfolio to incorporate new geographical spaces, Ian will assist pressure continuity of carrier. On all websites, he’ll paintings with contract managers to verify all sides of website operations are successfully controlled, together with keeping up prime well being and protection requirements and making sure endured personnel coaching and building.
Ian McGarvey stated, “My interest lies in building – I’ve all the time been hands-on and benefit from the means of bringing a mission to lifestyles. What excites me maximum about this function is the chance to supervise a mission from begin to end, offering enter at each degree and seeing the overall AS and Briar group paintings in combination to ship much-needed, top of the range housing.
“I’m truly proud to have advanced inside AS Houses, and this new function is a testomony to that adventure. Whilst there may be indubitably uncertainty throughout all industries in this day and age, building stays a forged, rewarding profession trail. With willpower and tough paintings, the alternatives for development are completely there.”
Rooted in Glasgow, AS Houses is a family-run housebuilder with a portfolio of housing initiatives for registered social landlords akin to Sanctuary Scotland and House Scotland. The builder additionally operates Briar Houses, a non-public housing subsidiary.
Having a look forward to what the function has in retailer for him, Ian added, “A key mission I’m fascinated with is our Queen’s Storage website on Pollokshaws Street in Glasgow. We’re about to start out building after a longer making plans length. The entire group labored onerous to transport the improvement ahead, and it’s extremely rewarding to look the transformation of this vacant land — previously a petroleum station and automobile storage — into much-needed new properties for the group.”
Paul Kelly, MD at AS Houses (Scotland) Ltd and Briar Houses Ltd, commented, “We’ve been regularly inspired through Ian’s efficiency right through his tenure with us, demonstrating a powerful dedication to turning in prime requirements of manufacturing and a real interest for building. At a time when the development business faces an important talents scarcity, it’s extra an important than ever to recognise, toughen, and advertise skill from inside. Ian’s development exemplifies our dedication to fostering enlargement and offering alternatives for our devoted group participants.”
