Tales from Sabbatical – Kristi Greer
I was delighted to be offered a sabbatical from GLM to take a period of leave to join my partner in his home country, New Zealand. After years of immersing myself in studying, training, and becoming a well-established project architect I was looking forward to extended time off and turning on my “Out of Office”. […]
Instagram Takeover – Eilidh Walker
For Week 5 on the takeover the reigns went from one of the longest serving team members to the newest member of the GLM team – Eilidh Walker. Originally from Stornoway, Eilidh has joined the Highland office of GLM and is a Chartered Surveyor. Over the course of her takeover, Eilidh took us through her […]
Instagram Takeover – Neil McAllister
We passed the batton from one Neil to another for week for of the Instagram Takeover. Neil McAllister, Award-winning Architect and Associate Director, took the reigns for Week 4. Many will recognise Neil as one of the longest serving team members at GLM and through his eyes this week we’re going to go on a […]
Instagram Takeover – Neil Dickson
Neil Dickson, Senior Building Surveyor took over week 3 of our Instagram Takeover. As Neil took the reigns on the takeover over he took us all on a whistle-stop tour of his journey with sustainability from where his interest began to its application on his current projects. While many talk about Sustainability as a theoretical […]
Instagram Takeover – Joanne McClelland
Joanne McClelland, Architect, Associate Director and Sustainability Lead took over week 2 of our Instagram Takeover. Below is some of what she shared with us and her inspirations for why. Jo continues to spearhead conversation and questioning around sustainability so why not join in the conversation on her Linked In (here) or Instagram (here). At […]
Instagram Takeover – Charley Carmichael
Charley was first to takeover GLM’s Instagram account this year. Below are some of the highlights of her week. I have been practising for a case study/my apprenticeship story video for Developing the Young Workforce (DYW). DYW aim to better prepare young people for the world of work. I find that their advice works wonders […]
Throwback Thursday – Our First GLM Projects
As lockdown continues there is time for reflection. At GLM, the team each headed into the archives. Below we’ve featured some of their most memorable first projects at GLM. They date back to over 20 years ago and represent the broad spectrum of work carried out by our team. Next year is a big birthday […]
Happy 1st Birthday to Our Highland Office
We had planned a big celebration with cake, balloons, some bubbles and lots of the wonderful new connections and friends who have supported us in our first year in the Highlands but Coronavirus, the lockdown and social distancing put pay to that. So, whilst the party is postponed, we are still keen to mark the […]
Surviving A Crisis
What have we learned? A little over ten years ago our sector (the built environment) was hung out to fend for itself in the aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC) and we are still suffering the after effects all these years later. At the time there was the inference that we were part of […]
THE POLAR ACADEMY : INSPIRATION THROUGH EXPLORATION
TURNING YOUNG ADULTS INTO ROLE MODELS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION On Saturday Team GLM responded to a call from The Polar Academy to join 10 teenagers from Bell Baxter School in Cupar, Fife on their penultimate endurance training trek ahead of their departure at the end of March on expedition to Greenland. The instructions were […]