PRACTICE RELATIONSHIPS Harley & Murray have been working in the Stirling Area since the practice was first formed in 1983. Over the years the partners and staff have built a very healthy working relationship with the Council Development Staff and Building Control. This relationship has grown in recent years and we have now extended our links to work more closely with the Civic Services Building Projects Section, Housing Services, Children's Services, and the Estates and Property Section. We have also worked very successfully with the local housing associations and Scottish Homes personnel and our local site knowledge has proved invaluable with Local Developers and Contractors. Close links with all the above development staff have led to a better understanding of each others aspirations and a harmonious working relationship already exists with our Practice. This can only benefit the progress and quality of any new developments in the area.

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THE PARTNERS

Bill Harley and Glenn Murray founded the Practice in June 1983 and operated initially from a small office in the High Street in Dunblane. Both partners had previously worked together in the Glasgow offices of Baxter, Clark & Paul and Watson, Salmond & Gray while studying to qualify from the Mackintosh School of Architecture.

Both partners have maintained a hands on approach to all the commissions awarded to the Practice and have a wealth of experience in most aspects of the Construction Industry and have developed a large Client/Project Base.

Each partner has acquired specialist skills which can be attributed to their direct involvement in varying types of projects. The area of common specialism has been dominated by the Practice's continued involvement in all aspects of Social and Community Housing Projects which have always formed a high percentage of the workload over the 18 year lifespan of the partnership.

BILL HARLEY

For the past 15 years Bill has worked closely with Community Groups in regeneration projects in Coatbridge, Castlemilk & Clydebank.

He has particular experience in working in large communities which have a history of social disadvantaged and poor housing. To be successful the projects required a close involvement with all community groups and Harley & Murray have proved very successful in communicating with the local people and transferring the needs and aspirations into completed projects which hopefully offered a fresh start to these previously disadvantaged areas.

Over this period of being involved in major urban regeneration, Bill has also been adapting the designs to suit the changing requirements of both the clients body and major funders (Scottish Homes). The practice in general has been at the forefront of developing sustainable Housing and Housing for varying needs.

GLENN MURRAY

Glenn has experience in the design and construction of a number of different building category types. These include Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Educational, Domestic and Leisure and Recreational buildings. A number of his more recently completed projects have greatly enhanced the practice range of specialisms and these areas are listed below and are particularly relevant to the building categories involved in the Raploch Regeneration Project.

1. Community Housing Projects
Glenn has been an integral member of the Rural Stirling New Housing Partnership project team since its inception. This has created an opportunity to gain experience and greater involvement in the entire procurement and design and development process. A close relationship has developed between all the parties involved and this has been particularly beneficial when working regularly with the development staff of the Council, Housing Association and Scottish Homes.
The projects within the New Housing Partnership which we have been involved are listed below:

• Burnside, Kippen
• Mansefield, Tyndrum
  
• Lagrannoch, Callander
  
• Fingal Road, Killin
  
• Moray Street, Doune

2. Private Housing Projects
The design of private housing developments for local developers has always played a major role in sustaining the growth of the practice and this aspect of our workload has helped develop an expertise in this very competitive field.

3. Education Projects
Two major school refurbishment projects have recently been completed by the practice. One was for the private sector at St. Mary's Episcopal Primary School in Dunblane, the other was at East Plean Primary School for Stirling Council Civic Services. Both projects demanded detailed pre-construction involvement with the users and Council representatives to ensure that a suitable phased decanting and strategy plan could be devised to allow each school to continue functioning on the same site throughout the construction period.