Representatives of the ESP in relation to their role at the original initiation and implementation of the contract, in the intervening period since completion of construction in 2005 and in their response to the events arising from the collapse of the Oxgangs School wall and the subsequent discovery of building defects
• Senior representatives of all four shareholders in ESP attended as witnesses
• The operational project manager, a consultant from IML Edinburgh, who oversees the implementation of the contract on behalf of ESP, attended as a witness
Senior representatives of Galliford Try, the construction company which in 2014 acquired Miller Construction. Miller Construction was an original shareholder in ESP, and undertook the construction of the majority of Phase 1, and all four of the Phase 2 schools. Galliford Try undertook the recent remedial works to the four PPP1 Phase 2 schools;
• The Chief Operating Officer of Galliford Try attended with other senior staff of the company
Members of staff employed by Miller Construction at the time of the original construction of the schools;
• Three members of Miller's staff who had been involved in the construction of the schools attended as witnesses