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About The Project Guru
Who is the "Guru"?
Well hello! I'm Kyle, all I've ever known is the construction industry. I am Edinburgh based, I was born in 1986, my father has been in the construction industry since he was a child and it only felt right I followed suit. I am a father of 2, I have a boy and a little girl. I am married to my beautiful wife Danielle. That's my life all in a few sentences.
Read below to find out more about how I became "The Project Guru"
Back Ground
My father, Des started as a bricklayer when he had just left school. Funny story to that, he wasn't sure what he wanted to do but was at a bus stop pondering his future, until he saw bricklayers working on a building site. Buses went by and he continued to watch, eventually being asked if he liked it and was sent to see the site manager, eventually owning a business of over 300 staff. For me, from a young age my father took me to sites with him. I got involved in working on large commercial sites and domestic sites from 10 years old at weekends. It only grew from there, to a young teen who helped his father read drawings and quote for work. He taught me everything I know. When I was old enough I joined my father and helped him run his business. When I was 27 I was injured in an accident, while I recovered I used the time to study and further my qualifications and knowledge within the construction industry.
Qualifications
Over the Course of my career I have studied for various qualifications, below is a brief list of the main ones -
- level 9 SCQF - construction management
- HND Construction management
- Temporary works coordinator
- Temporary works supervisor
- CSCS - Managers and professionals
- CITB - SMSTS
- Scaffold Safety inspection
- Supply chain sustainability
- Considerate Construction Scheme - various qualifications
- NHBC - Defect prevention course
- NHBC - Effective snagging and hand over
- Management First Aid
- Disclosure Scotland PVG
- Fire warden course
Experience
I have been responsible for works from £10k up to £18 Million. I ran with my father our own business doing Domestic refurbishments and extensions up until I was 27 years old. I have since been working on new build housing and flatted sites for 8 years with experience working in solar and large scale refurbishments. I have worked on standard level construction and high end projects, delivering the highest of standards. During my construction management career I received awards, including 2 x Health & safety awards and 2 x Considerate construction records in Scotland for business's I worked for at the time and also setting a new standard of H&S and presentation for one business. Many of the businesses I worked for after I left continued to use my programming formats, snagging and quality inspection documents.