Biomass boiler warning

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) has issued a warning with respect to potential problems with biomass boilers under certain conditions. The full warning can be viewed here. If you are concerned and wish any advice, then please contact our Gerry Brannigan on 0141 270 7060.

Straight from the judges mouth

We at Cadogans pride ourselves in the quality of advice we deliver to our clients and we are delighted that Sheriff Alayne Swanson of Glasgow and Strathkelvin Sheriff court agrees. In a recent case (in which our Rajen Lavingia gave evidence), she noted:


“The evidence which I heard from the pursuer’s expert witness Dr Lavingia…assisted me in concluding…that if the scaffold structure including the hop ups had been put together properly with the tie bars hammered correctly into place this accident could not have occurred. The evidence from a number of witnesses was that the structure would be completely stable in that event and tie bars and boards simply could not have been dislodged. I was therefore satisfied on the evidence that the only explanation as to how the accident occurred is that the tie bar was (a) not there at all or (b) in position but not properly secured”.

Cadogans Environmental review 2012-13

Cadogans Environmental and Social Review is produced by the company each year to analyse its impact on the environment both in terms of the projects that we undertake and the way that we work as a business to achieve our project goals.

Highlights of our review include:

• A reduction of paper use of over 80%
• A reduction in general waste of 70%
• A reduction of 59% in the amount of electricity used
• A reduction of 19% in CO2 emissions through travel
• We have been involved in innovative and environmentally sustainable projects including a large NHS energy efficiency survey, a biomass housing project and a project to use solar water heating and solar PV electricity generation to partly power a mental health service building.
• We also undertook an internal survey which suggested that every one of our staff agreed that they had good working relationships with their colleagues.
• The proportion of female technical staff is 38% higher than the average UK engineering company.*

The message from this review is clear. Not only do we at Cadogans feel that it is our responsiblity to lead the way in establishing a sustainable way of working, but many of the projects we work on reflect our vision of a clean, sustainable future. Our engineers understand their role in this and embrace it.

Please click here to see our review.

*all figures can be viewed in our full report