DORIC DUCK DELIGHTS

Paul Argent reports from Aberdeenshire on a reduced swing radius Liebherr wheeled excavator in service with A&A Civil Engineering

After many years of working for civil engineering companies around Aberdeen, five years ago Alan Gordon set up on his own. He and his wife Sylvia formed A&A Civil Engineering based at Kinellar, between Kintore and Dyce.

Alan and Sylvia now have a workforce of 25, together with a range of machinery to undertake construction, civil engineering, concreting and development projects. Such works are undertaken on behalf of a long list of repeat clients, from private individuals to major Scottish house builders and local authorities.

Alan said, “We have been very fortunate to have numerous contacts within the construction and civil engineering fields around here. It has still been hard work to get to the position where we are today, only achievable due to the dedicated workforce.”

Site Visit

We met Alan on a 60-plus house development scheme located on the outskirts of the picturesque village of Oldmeldrum, some 20 miles north-west of Aberdeen. The A&A team had previously installed the roads and sewers on site, then went on to create the plots, installed the drainage and performed the landscaping works.

As the site now enters its final stages, Alan said, “The project will see two of our gangs working here throughout 2023 until the final completion of the site. At this moment we are booked up solid for the