Leiths

Colin has spent the last 12 ½ years for Singleton Birch Ltd in Lincolnshire. Singleton Birch quarries around 1.75 million tonnes of chalk limestone per year, 50% of which is further processed into quicklime and hydrated lime products.

Colin was responsible for design and installation of projects ranging from minor process improvements and refurbishments to large scale strategic infrastructure projects including co-ordination of Safety Health and Environmental issues. Colin has almost 20 years experience in process design in heavy industry, 12 of those in quarry environments. He is a mechanical engineer, but his involvement within many various projects has given him a wealth of knowledge in other related fields such as civils, power distribution and process control.

Colin is originally from Burghead, Morayshire, and later moved to Inverness as a teenager. He has been moving around the country for the last 20 years or so following work, but has finally decided to move home.

Prior to Quarrying in Lincolnshire, Colin worked in Wales as Project Engineer for a paper company, and in Middlesex designing and installing steam and condensate systems for paper machines around the world.

Colin is a keen scuba diver; at the weekends he can often be found squeezing into a rubber suit and plunging into the freezing waters in search of adventure, although he much prefers chasing sharks and rays in the more temperate waters of the world when he can. Colin also cycles regularly and has recently completed the 54mile London to Brighton cycle ride where he, and his wife Steph, raised over £600 in aid of the British Heart Foundation.