A building site in Glasgow where a 10-year-old boy died after falling down a maintenance hole shaft should have had more CCTV, an inquiry has heard. Shea Ryan died in July 2020 when he climbed through an unsecured fence on a building site in Drumchapel and fell about 6.3 metres (20ft) down the shaft. Robert Van Beek, who was a contract manager at the construction firm RJ McLeod at the time, told the inquiry that, looking back, the security measures put in place after the incident should have been there from the start. This included CCTV around the wider perimeter fence, motion sensors, and a process for formally documenting inspections of the site fence, Glasgow sheriff court heard. Van Beek, who signed off on details of the site’s security arrangements, said they had put a security guard and CCTV in the site compound only. He said that during its risk assessment, the company had identified the nearby primary school and built-up area as risks. When asked by the advocate depute, Nicola Gillespie, why there was no CCTV around the wider site, he said: “That’s a difficult question to answer. Because in hindsight we should have had the measures in place that were put in after the accident, when we put additional cameras in place.” Van Beek was also asked about the shaft in which Shea lost his life, known as MH22, and how it was that the maintenance hole cover had been moved. The 62-year-old told the inquiry: “I never had an explanation of how he had been able to go down that manhole.” The inquiry heard that the maintenance hole was on part of the site that RJ McLeod took over responsibility for from another company on 3 July, and was not related to the work they were doing. Van Beek said that when they took it over, he had assumed – based on drawings and other information – that the maintenance hole was “finished” and had a proper cover, and that it did not require any specific risk assessment. Shea’s mother, Joanne Ferguson, said in a statement that before her son’s death it was “well known” children had been able to get on to the site, and asked why no action had been taken to prevent this. She said she also wanted to know who uncovered the maintenance hole, when they did so, and why it had been left uncovered. Ferguson concluded: “We miss Shea every single day … My heart’s broken, and my life will never be the same again.” The fatal accident inquiry earlier heard evidence from Graeme Clark, the joint managing director of RJ McLeod, who told the inquiry he had “no idea” how Shea was able to get on to the site, or how he had been able to access the maintenance hole. He said the company did accept responsibility for Shea’s death in respect of failures in its risk assessment processes. The company was fined £860,000 in 2023 for failing to secure the construction site. The inquiry continues.