Company Information

Bryce Drummond set up an Ayr Office for a nationwide engineering consultancy in 1988, starting with several contacts but no actual projects or clients. However by 1996, when he bought out the Ayr business, it had grown into an established design service with both private and local authority Clients throughout the West of Scotland but with projects from Orkney to Stranraer.

As Ayrshire has a broad commercial/manufacturing base including coastline harbours and an airport, a popular tourist centre, a large farming community and yet is adjacent to the cities and towns of Central Scotland, the types of commissions and forms of construction designed by the practice now cover the full spectrum of civil and structural engineering, with project values from a few hundred to several million pounds.

Bryce, Director pictured on the right and Dino McKee on the left manage the consultancy and welcome direct enquiries from prospective clients or anyone seeking advice for any size of project, and at any stage of development.

Senior Staff Profiles

J. B. Drummond, Director - C.Eng, M.I.C.E., M.R.I.C.S., M.a.P.S.
Date of Birth 26.08.41

Bryce came to Ayrshire in 1968 as a Resident Engineer for Ove Arup after education and training in Edinburgh with experience in reinforced concrete buildings, steelwork and related civil engineering works.

Since then he has worked with Consultants, Contractors and Local Authorities in the West of Scotland with periods in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia.

Bryce's initial engineering duties were mainly for new building erected in the construction boom years 1960-1970 such as multi-storey flats, schools and factories. However extensions and alterations to commercial premises and the restoration or refurbishment of residential properties (whether individual units, tenemental blocks or whole developments) have taken up more of his design work in recent years.

Regular commissions to restore historic or listed buildings, - houses, castles, towers - have given Bryce some problems but much satisfaction. Having dealt with Design Teams, Contractors, Local Architects and Historic Scotland, Bryce considers that he has a better (than most Engineers) understanding of the various requirements and attitudes of all parties concerned in the restoration and construction process. This year he became a trustee in the Ayrshire Architecture Heritage Trust.

D. P. McKee, Associate - I. Eng., A.M.I. Struct. E., A.M.I.C.E., M.a.P.S.
Date of Birth - 24.03.56

Dino McKee came to this consultancy after having been a Project Engineer with Irvine Development Corporation for seven years gaining experience in harbour and wharf restoration/sea wall works together with structural engineering projects such as Red Cross House - a £4.5 million development for disabled people with special needs.

His previous experience with a Glasgow consultancy included new building designs such as swimming pools and housing complexes, and the restoration of many Victorian properties, as well as the supervision of Civil Engineering projects such as roads and drainage works. Particularly interesting projects included the redevelopment of Glasgow's underground railway network in the early 1980's and a Sports Cities Complex in Libya.

Dino's computing expertise led to his development of our I.T. and C.A.D. facilities allowing us to network with Clients and Design Teams.

Office Facilities

Computerised design and draughting now augment the traditional desk top and on-the-board procedures. E-mail, fax and printing equipment allow ease of contact and fast response.

Professional Indemnity

All our advice, design and details are covered by a comprehensive Professional Indemnity, details of which can be provided on request.

Banking

Since 1988 all Ayr Office's banking requirements have been provided by the Bank of Scotland who can confirm our financial status. Audited accounts can be made available by the Company Secretary at our Registered Company address at 2 South Hamilton Place, Kilmarnock, KA1 2DU.

Engineering Services

See photographs of past and present projects in the services page of this site.