Hardies Property & Construction Consultants’ busy St Andrews office has recruited a local school leaver as an apprentice Building Surveyor. Archie Renton left Madras College this summer to start his apprenticeship at Hardies and embark on a career in property.
Commenting on his start to working life, Archie said: “I’m very excited to begin my career with such a well-known local firm. Growing up in St Andrews, I’ve always had a keen interest in the built environment and feel very fortunate to have landed a position with a firm in my own home-town. I’m really looking forward to learning all the technical skills required to become a fully qualified Building Surveyor.”
Hardies partner Gary Ovenstone added: “We’re delighted to welcome Archie to the firm and have already been impressed by his mature attitude to work, application and eagerness to learn new skills.
“Archie may be the first school leaver we have taken on in St Andrews in recent years, but he won’t be the last. Indeed, Archie joins another seven school leavers to join the firm over the last two years and our aim is to recruit more over the coming years to enable us to train them in the ‘Hardies way’ and give them the skills they need to pursue successful and rewarding careers in the property and construction sector across a range of specialisms.”
Established in 1913, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants is an established and respected multi-disciplined practice specialising in Construction Services, Project Management, Building and Quantity Surveying, Energy Services, Principal Designer and Clerk of Works.
In 2016 Hardies merged with valuation surveying firm Shepherd Chartered Surveyors and acquired the quantity surveying firm Binnie McKenzie Partnership in Glasgow in 2018. The combined operation has 34 offices in Scotland with a staff of circa 450. The firms are now unrivalled in their reach and service offering.