Ian Stewart

Edinburgh Office Director | Buro Happold

Ian leads the Buro Happold office in Edinburgh and strives to organise, motivate and enable the group to deliver the highest standards of engineering excellence. The aim on each and every project is to establish close working relationships with the wider team and stakeholders at all levels in order to deliver collaborative, creative, and ultimately value-led solutions. Ian firmly believes that teamwork and involvement of all disciplines from an early stage in a project is the key to its success and actively seeks to promote this through the development of his professional relationships.

Kathleen Higgins

Associate Director | Buro Happold

Kathleen is a chartered civil and structural engineer with over 10 years post-chartered experience. She has been involved in a wide variety of award-winning civil and structural engineering projects, working in multidisciplinary teams. In addition to her design and technical skills, she is also proficient in using software to enhance her design offering.

Kathleen has been involved in new build and refurbishment projects across residential, education, cultural and civic and office sectors. She also provides client engagement to ensure the project deliverables achieve their aspirations.

Kirsty Bruce

Sustainability & Physics | Buro Happold

Since joining Buro Happold in 2022, Kirsty has focused her efforts on life cycle assessments (embodied and whole life carbon), decarbonisation projects and Net-Zero pathways, with a particular interest in the Net Zero Public Sector Building Standard (SFT/The Scottish Government) and UK Green Building Council approach to net zero.