Tot joins the digger team
Mum praises workers for consideration
This group of construction workers welcomed a junior addition to their ranks recently.
Fourteen month-old Alastair Brown, of Viewpark Drive, spent most of the winter and spring watching aBV’s diggers in his street as they worked on upgrading Scottish Water’s waste water infrastructure in the area.
His mum Julie was pleased that the diggers kept Alastair occupied for hours, and so impressed with the way the aBV team worked, that she contacted Scottish Water to praise them.
After Julie’s kind words were passed to the construction team they kindly arranged for Alastair to visit the team, and the site.
Julie said: “They’ve been polite, considerate and friendly at all times. The closure of our street and, at times, our driveway, could have been a real inconvenience. However the staff were so pleasant, it wasn’t the case at all.
“I was often out walking with him in the pram to get him to sleep. Whenever the men saw us walking towards them, they would signal to each other to stop working to avoid disturbing him.
“They would also chat to me and Alastair, who was most intrigued by the works, particularly the diggers. I understand from several neighbours that they also found the men to be very pleasant and they couldn’t fault them.”
Site operative, Gary McDougall, later welcomed the family to the site and gave Alastair the opportunity to see a digger up close and personal.
aBV also gave the toddler a mini aBV hard hat and reflective vest.
Julie added: “It was so nice to meet Gary and his team again. Gary had made such an effort to keep us up-todate when our road and driveway was blocked. He knew the impact that the project would have on a family with a young baby and he took the time to visit regularly to see if his team could assist.”