News
Cadogans MD honoured at Energy Institute Autumn Lunch
Oct. 2008
Cadogans’ Managing Director, Roddy Wilkie was presented with an Award of Council at the Autumn Lunch on the 21st October 2008 by the Energy Institute’s Chief Executive, Louise Kingham.
The Award of Council is the highest award which the Council can make. Roddy received his award after completing almost 20 years of service to the Energy Institute -on the Scottish Branch Committee and on Council. He served on the Council of the former Institute of Energy (latterly as Honorary Secretary) prior to its merger with the Institute of Petroleum in 2000 and subsequently as an elected Ordinary Member of Council of the Energy Institute. During that time he served on the HRM and Finance Committees. Roddy Wilkie stood down at the AGM in June of this year but will continue his involvement via the South of Scotland Branch Committee.
Cadogan staff update
Sept. 2008
Cadogans aims for continuous improvement of its service to clients. Part of this is achieved by increasing staff expertise so we set a high priority on training and staff development. In this context we are pleased to announce two staff achievements.
David McIntyre has recently been elected a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Member of the Institute of Arbitrators. He is continuing his personal development by studying part-time for an LLM in construction law at the University of Strathclyde.
Karen McNeill has been working hard and has been awarded a NEBOSH certificate in Health and Safety. She is now progressing towards the Diploma. We hope that a further staff member will undertake the NEBOSH course as well. .
Carbon Monoxide article Printed in Your Witness Magazine
Cadogan chairman, Dr John McCullough, has written an article on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning which has been reproduced in Your Witness magazine. Click here to read the article.
Environmental Review Completed
Cadogans have checked and updated thei internal environmental improvements as noted in our Social and Environmental Review.To see the whole review, please click here.
Some of the significant improvements include:
- A reduction in paper consumption of 80% since 2001.
- Since last year, the CO2 emissions from travel have reduced from 27.4 tonnes to 10.85 tonnes.
Flue Gas Desulphurisation
Cadogans Dr John McCullough has written a paper on Flue Gas Desulphurisation in which he notes the breadth of knowledge Cadogans has accumulated on this subject. Click here to read the article.
Cadogans Moves to prestigious new Glasgow address
Cadogans have moved to the prestigious new address of Blythswood Square in Glasgow as of 1st December 2007.
The new open plan offices reflect the confidence the company has in its future prospects following what has been an exceptionally good year for the company.
The new address is found in the Contact us section opposite.
Cadogans expertise helps "brings new life to River Cart"
Inchinnan Bridge bascule bridge, for which Cadogans were responsible for the mechanical upgrades and floodlighting, is now allowing commercial cargo back to a Scottish River for the first time.
Click here to See the content of the full article at the website of the Herald Newspaper.
Cadogan Consultants wins training prize
Training staff and keeping our skills base up to date is essential to us. For several years we have received training grants from the Royal Academy of Engineering which have supplemented our own investment in staff development.
This year we have also been awarded a prize of £1000 for having one of the "most innovative and exciting training programmes". Our award winning plans include health and safety, construction law and commercial mediation. Further details from Daphne Wassermann.
