Finishing touches underway on £25m Cairngorm funicular railway project
FINISHING touches are being undertaken on the Cairngorm Mountain funicular railway following its reopening in January.
Balfour Beatty led what has been described as one...
Heriot-Watt students to use technology to prove need for Edinburgh bike hire scheme
CIVIL engineering students at Heriot-Watt University are using agent-based modelling as part of a new campaign to see a publicly-owned bike hire scheme introduced...
Barhale secures £2.8m Clyde Gateway package of works
BARHALE Scotland has been awarded a £2.8 million contract by Clyde Gateway Developments Limited to carry out remedial works to an unstable section of...
Balfour Beatty confirms award of £185m A9 dualling contract
BALFOUR Beatty has confirmed it has been awarded a £185 million contract by Transport Scotland to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy, approximately...
Balfour Beatty appoints new MD of UK Highways business
BALFOUR Beatty has appointed Joanna Vezey as MD of its UK Highways business.
Joanna, who will join the group in December, has over 25 years’...
Work complete on £48m Millport Flood Protection Scheme
WORK has been completed on a £48 million flood protection scheme on the Isle of Cumbrae.
Main contractor Van Oord UK, with support from Mackley...
Contract for £1.6m Aberdeen harbour completion works awarded
A £1.6 million contract for completion works at the Aberdeen Harbour expansion project has been awarded to Ashleigh Contracts.
The firm had previously worked on...
Constructing a resilient future by building to withstand floods
Building flood resilience requires communities to prepare for and mitigate the effects of climate change. Lee Davison, head of submissions – civils at McLaughlin...
Advance Construction Group unveils new division
THE Advance Construction Group has launched a new division called WRS Structures Ltd, which will deliver reinforced concrete frames and structured steel buildings, as...
Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm build progresses
Careys is to start work on the next phase of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm build on the East Lothian coast.
Contracted by Siemens...
‘Urgent’ action needed to save Scotland’s infrastructure
NEW research from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scotland has revealed 'urgent action' is required to prevent climate change doing more damage to the...
PDM looks to inspire future engineers
PDM Dumfries has donated materials to primary school pupils to support creative play and inspire future engineers.
Pupils at Johnstonebridge Primary School in Lockerbie recently...
Winchburgh water mains upgrade work begins
WORK is underway on a water mains upgrade worth more than £1 million near Winchburgh village to future-proof the system by significantly increasing capacity.
Morrison...
Communication is key for flood protection initiative
THE £15.7 million Stonehaven flood protection scheme, to be completed by McLaughlin & Harvey, will see homes and businesses protected from flooding around the...
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Water systems in fine health at new hospital
EDINBURGH’S new £150 million Royal Hospital for Children and Young People has utilised more than 300,000 Polypipe Permavoid and Polystorm-R components for water attenuation...
Keeping Scotland’s communites connected
By Peter Aramayo, projects director, Mabey Hire
IN the last decade, the Scottish Government has worked tirelessly to deliver major infrastructure improvements. You only have...
Winchburgh pupils get a taste of civils careers during M9 motorway junction visit
AS the new M9 motorway junction at Winchburgh nears completion following ten months of engineering and construction work, local school pupils became the first...
Ex-Aberdeen landfill site to be transformed to create a solar farm
A historical landfill site is to be redeveloped to create a solar farm as part of the first phase of a green hydrogen infrastructure...
Saltire Awards fly the flag for Scottish civil engineering projects
ENERGY and transport projects scooped top gongs at the recent Saltire Civil Engineering Awards 2017.
The awards, run by the Institution of Civil Engineers in...
