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Spotlight on our Team - Meet Scott Smith

Meet the Operations Manager of Cosmos Projects

Scott Smith

My name is Scott Smith, I started late June 2024 as Operations Manager at Cosmos Projects. We have number of contracts running at present which amongst others include the following:

  • Todd Square – Livingston: The project comprises the design, management, and construction of an extension to an existing warehouse including internal shaft wall system, lighting upgrades, a new service yard and associated external works.  
  • Andrew Melville Hall – St Andrews: Phase 2 (Summer 2024) - The project comprises removing the asbestos containing rope from the glazing to the pitched Georgian wired glazed rooflights; carry out installation of new manufactured roof lights/ carry out remedial concrete works to the precast external wall panelling and full scope of window replacement works.
  • St Charles Church Project: Roof refurbishment works including LRS roof system, box gutters/ junctions and skews form part of the works. R/W/P renewals and underground drainage. Internal decoration reinstatements also form part of the scope of works.


A wee interview with Scott:

Q. What is your role in Cosmos Projects Group?
A. My role is Operations Manager.

Q. What do you enjoy most about working for Cosmos?
A. I enjoy working as part of the team and the variety of work. Also, a bonus the short commute in the mornings!

Q. How many years have you been in this industry?
A. I have been in the construction industry for about 26 years.

Q. What was your first job?
A. I had a paper round as a young teenager but started my apprenticeship in carpentry and joinery as a 16-year-old.

Q. What are some of your hobbies or interests outside of work?
A. I love playing golf, spending time with the family, going for meals and watching football.

Q. What is your favourite tv show?
A. My favourite tv show is True Detective 1st series.

Q. Where is your favourite holiday destination?
A. Anywhere sunny really – Cyprus or Ibiza.

Q. What three words best describe your personality?
A. I will ask the wife & daughter to answer this one but, in the meantime, I’ll say hardworking, reliable, and driven.

 

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Avison Young have worked closely with Cosmos Projects on various types of contracts for over seven years now.

Both our clients and our in-house Avison Young Building Consultancy team are happy with the Cosmos Projects team’s project management skills and with their general approach and quality achieved on each project.

Recent projects carried out on our behalf for the University of St Andrews have involved multi-disciplinary trades on challenging sites which regularly remain occupied during the works. These works are always carried out to a high standard, on time and with minimal disruption to our clients and to the building occupiers.

We remain very happy to consider Cosmos Projects for future work. What is very helpful to Avison Young is the excellent estimating and also the post contract QS input from Cosmos which makes cost management very simple to manage for us in any contract administration roles.

Murray Watson — Director, Avison Young

Planet Decorators recently completed taping and decoration works at our second floor office refurbishment project in Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. Our client was absolutely delighted with the quality of the finished job. We look forward to working with John and his team again on future projects.

Marcus Roy - Project Manager, Woodhouse Contracts Ltd

We are delighted with our experience of working with Cosmos Projects over the duration of recent projects. We have found Cosmos Project’s team to be refreshingly co-operative and attentive and have a solution-based approach on their outlook to projects. Having worked previously with the management staff, this, we feel assisted with a team approach. Under the direction of Chris McNeill, Cosmos Projects bring a level of client side understanding that, we feel, sets them apart from others, and makes them a contractor of choice when considering tender lists. We would have no hesitation in recommending Cosmos Projects.

Craig Murdoch — Director of Surveying, Ramsay McMichael Consulting Ltd

I worked with Cosmos on the internal and external refurbishment of a Grade ‘B’ listed townhouse in Glasgow city centre. The work included extensive internal improvements to services and finishes to provide speculative office space for let. We collaborated with Cosmos following a competitive tender process and value engineered the project scope and specification in line with our client’s budget requirements.

Colin Wilson — Director Trident Building Consultancy

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