LOCAL AUTHORITY FORUM FEATURES


Andy Graham is the current Chair of the LAF


A problem shared


By Tim Power


SELECT plays a leading role in the Local Authority Forum, which brings together expertise from councils across the country to fi nd answers to the issues facing our industry and ensure the highest standards of electrical excellence


T


he Local Authority Forum (LAF) was set up in 2007 and remains a valuable platform for councils and housing associations across Scotland to come


together to share experience, develop


ideas and resolve shared problems. Although COVID-19 has restricted the quarterly meetings organised by the LAF at SELECT’s Walled Garden headquarters, virtual meetings have been continuing online on an impromptu basis, bringing the LAF’s expertise to bear to fi nd solutions


to issues. Andy Graham, Housing Services Business Change Manager with Fife Council and current Chair of the full LAF, describes it as an invaluable group which helps to leverage the combined skills of its members to promote a shared approach to maintaining excellence in electrical standards.


Andy explained the format of the LAF meetings: “Before COVID-19, we would run the forum for a whole day. In the morning we might invite a manufacturer to give a presentation if the forum had identifi ed a product


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