Robertson Response to Scottish Government’s Plans for Construction Restart

Elliot Robertson, Chief Executive of Robertson, said:

“The UK’s construction sector has one of the best health and safety systems in Europe. Since the beginning of this outbreak, we have enhanced those processes with specific COVID-19 measures to further protect employees and other stakeholders. At Robertson the health, safety and well-being of our employees, customers, supply chain and all other stakeholders is, and always will be, our number one priority. I have been involved with the Construction Leadership Forum to inform Scottish Government of how the construction sector can conduct a safe restart and over the last ten weeks, the Forum in consultation with Health Protection Scotland, HSE and other statutory consultees have made thorough preparations to enable a return to work and we stand well positioned to do so with immediate effect. We welcome the decision that has been taken today.

“With construction and housebuilding operations on both sides of the border, we have found ourselves in a situation where we have been working safely in England but unable to do the same in Scotland. Meanwhile, our Facilities Management business has been operating throughout the pandemic, across the UK, delivering services to many front line customers utilising our safe operating procedures. It is our hope that the proposed phases are rolled out in a timely manner and that we receive the green light for safe operations to resume in the very near future.”