23OCT2024 The school is delighted that David Brown has won the 2024 award for Contribution to Infrastructure and Facilities. Last month saw the return of Technician Week, a celebration of the diverse contributions technical staff make to teaching, research and the university community. As part of this celebration winners of the 2024 Technician Awards were announced. These awards recognise exceptional contributions of technical staff to the University.The school is delighted that David Brown won the award for Contribution to Infrastructure and Facilities. David was nominated for his work in helping the school to navigate a very difficult period due to the discovery of RAAC within the estate. His calm, pragmatic, people focused approach was very much what was needed when 80% of the school’s offices were closed and around 30 researchers displaced whilst surveys and remedial work were performed.Research was decanted into spare teaching lab capacity that the school had due to the recent opening of the Nucleus building on Kings Buildings campus. With David’s input, research projects were back up and running in these new spaces within 3-4 weeks of the labs closing. David receiving his award from Professor Kim Graham, Provost, and Ashley Shannon, Director of Operations, Corporate Services Group David is a role model to many so I’m delighted he’s won this award. The human aspect of David’s approach cannot be understated and staff from all corners of the school are extremely grateful for his ongoing efforts to find solutions in a very challenging situation. Diane Gill Director of Professional Services, School of Chemistry David has worked at the University for 22 years in various roles in the School of Biological Science and Chemistry and also completed his degree and PhD in Immunology at Edinburgh. For the last 10 years he has been part of the School of Chemistry and his role has many varied facets including managing the teaching technicians and workshop staff, assisting with health and safety, looking after the buildings and facilities and generally keeping the school research going. He is passionate about providing a high quality service to all researchers and his work is very much appreciated by all in the school. Publication date 23 Oct, 2024
