Members of the City of Edinburgh Council
• Several members of Council including the Leader and Deputy Leader attended as witnesses
The Chief Executive and Senior Officers of the City of Edinburgh Council who were in post during the period leading up to and following the collapse of the wall at Oxgangs School and those officers who have been involved on behalf of the Council in managing all aspects arising from the collapse of the wall in the period from Jan 2016 onwards
• All invited officers attended as witnesses
Officers of the City of Edinburgh Council who were involved in the PPP1 project during the time of the development of the original business case in 1998 through to the completion of the PPP1 project in 2005 and officers who were involved in the contract management process between 2005 and 2016;
• All those contacted attended as witnesses including three ex-officers of the Council; one of these three having been a senior member of the project team who led on the process up to financial close and the two others having been involved in the process during the development phase
Representatives of the City of Edinburgh Council's Building Standards Department, including building inspectors who were involved in some of the warrant applications and certifications of the PPP1 school projects:
• The senior building surveyor in the Building Standards Department, who coincidently had also undertaken the duties of building inspector in relation to several of the PPP1 schools, attended as a witness
• A second building inspector who had acted in this role in relation to other of the PPP1 schools also attended as a witness