TWENTY Questions
Duncan McNab - Sociable - unless you happen to be a late, tailgating driver!
Who are you? Duncan McNab of McNab Sport, Kinross.
Family status? Married to Maggie, son Rob and daughter Lucy.
North Inch Golf Club is liable to flooding ...
level stage. The ground itself is predominantly clay and, with July being as wet as it is, earthworks are having to be delayed. Topsoil and sand will be brought into the site and, after levelling, seeding, etc., we will look at the drainage next year. When the pitch is finished, it will be used for two games on one day and then it will revert back to nature, with some natural species of tree replanted to encourage a more diverse environment. More information on this £460,000 project is available at
www.forestpitch.org
Health & Safety
Although these projects are exciting, the main day-to-day work is the bread and butter of the business. We have invested heavily over the past ten years in machinery and staff training. The biggest change we have found in our work, is that so much now comes from Health & Safety issues. Although a lot of people complain about Health & Safety legislation, we have decided to put this issue as our number one priority. In 2005, I decided to go back to college and undergo NEBOSH training in Health & Safety. Being a small company and employing external consultants is a
Who’s your hero and why? Nelson Mandela, because of what he did for South Africa.
What is your dream holiday? The Palace on Wheels train travelling through India.
What annoys you the most? People who are always late.
What would you change about yourself? I would be 3 stone lighter.
... often with devasting results
considerable overhead, and we now carry out all our Health & Safety training in- house. All McNab Sport staff are trained to carry out on-site risk assessments, which has saved the company a lot of time and expense. The company puts great emphasis on training, with regular ‘toolbox talks’ geared mostly towards Health & Safety, which we get different staff to organise during the year.
Costs and Budgeting
Scotland has a big landmass and the cost of transport is now becoming a major overhead with the price of fuel and haulage. We are having to look at this much closer. If, for example, we are asked to vertidrain a bowling green in Inverness, which is a 260 mile round trip, the cost of labour and transport can almost cost as much as the operation. It
Who wouldn’t you like to be? Colonel Gaddafi.
Favourite record, and why? The Green Fields of France - it sums up the futility of war.
Who would you choose to spend a romantic evening with? Can’t say - the wife also reads this magazine…
If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Stop sending out the begging letters.
If you were to describe yourself as a musical instrument, what would you be and why? A triangle - evenly balanced, pretty small, without a lot of noise.
What’s the best advice you have ever been given? Drive on the left.
What’s your favourite smell? Food cooking on the barbecue.
What do you do in your spare time? Play golf, watch rugby and ride my motorbike.
What’s the daftest work related question you have ever been asked? “How often do you cut artificial pitches?”
What’s your favourite piece of kit? Imants Shockwave.
What three words would you use to describe yourself? Conscientious, methodical, sociable.
What talent would you like to have? To be a much better golfer.
What makes you angry? Drivers who tailgate.
Drainage work on one of the Carlisle Council football pitches
What law/legislation would you like to see introduced? That all football goals should conform to BS standard in the UK.
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