www.glasgowchamberofcommerce.com 19 MEMBER NEWS
Environment Secretary opens Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow
Scotland’s biggest sewer superstructure has become operational in a feat of engineering hailed as “extraordinary” by Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham. She said that the Shieldhall Tunnel in Glasgow, built on the legacy of the country’s engineering and water pioneers, would benefit communities for centuries to come. Ms Cunningham visited the Scottish Water control room where the country’s vast network of pipes and sewers are managed and monitored around the clock. Flows have started to run through the tunnel from across the south- side of Glasgow with communities
expected to benefit from fewer flooding incidents and improved environmental conditions. The tunnel is the flagship project
in Scottish Water’s investment in the Glasgow area’s waste water infrastructure, the biggest since Victorian times, and stretches for 3.1 miles from Craigton to Queen’s Park via Bellahouston and Pollok parks. It was constructed over almost two
years by a team of more than 100 workers, from countries across the world, using a state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine (TBM) named Daisy the Driller by a local schoolboy, which weighed 1000 tonnes and was longer than 14 buses.
Mark Dickson, Scottish Water’s Director of Capital Investment, and Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham, at the formal opening of the Shieldhall Tunnel. Picture courtesy of Scottish Water and SNS
Scott Martin,
Executive Chairman, Glacier Energy Services
Glacier Energy Services strengthens heat
Simran Panesar-Saggu, Associate; David Smith, Trainee Solicitor; Caroline Kirkwood, Receptionist and Jack Gardiner, Partner, Turcan Connell
Continued growth at Turcan Connell as the firm’s Glasgow team moves across the street
Legal firm Turcan Connell has more than doubled the size of its Glasgow office due to rising client demand in the city. The specialist private client business
recently moved to new premises at 180 St Vincent Street, directly across the road from its previous office at 149 St Vincent Street. Speaking at the time of the original
announcement in February this year, Partner Peter Littlefield, who heads up the Glasgow office, said: “Client demand has been rising in Glasgow and it was clear we needed to move to larger premises and although the physical distance involved is short – just a hop across St Vincent Street – this is a significant step-change in our business footprint and our ambition in Glasgow.”
exchanger division Glacier Energy Services has completed the acquisition of Aberdeen Radiators from G&M Radiator, as it moves to strengthen its heat exchanger proposition in the UK’s offshore market. Aberdeen Radiators was
founded in 1983 before being sold to Richard Irvin and subsequently to G&M Radiator in 2015. Aberdeen Radiators specialises in the servicing, installation and repair of radiators, heat exchangers and coolers, and will further boost Glacier’s existing heat exchanger capability in Aberdeen and Birmingham.
Founded in 2011, Glacier has gone from strength to strength with a number of strategic acquisitions across all its offerings. With more than 200 employees across the UK, Europe and Middle East, the acquisition of Aberdeen Radiators heralds a continued optimism for the markets moving forward.
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