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Scottish Water Horizons launches asset vesting service for developers

SCOTTISH Water Horizons has confirmed the introduction of a new service designed to support developers with remediating unvested water and wastewater assets across Scotland. The...
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ACO marks World Water Day with call to improve understanding of sustainable drainage

AHEAD of World Water Day (22 March), construction professionals are being urged to review their understanding of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) amid a global...
ECS Engineering Services delivered an improved solution which would reduce maintenance costs and provide an automated weedscreen solution.

Weedscreen solution aids efficiency

MAINTAINING the land drainage scheme in Lincolnshire is an important task for the Environment Agency (EA) and the pumping stations used to control water...

Balfour Beatty helps Falkirk school with playground flooding issue

BALFOUR Beatty has delivered playground improvements at a local school as part of its contract to deliver Falkirk Council's A9/A904 Westfield improvement project. Once complete,...

Progress made in plans to bring new homes to Glasgow’s east end

WELLHOUSE Housing Association (WHA) has invested over £80,000 in the first phases of work to bring new housing to the community in the east...
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Pat Munro secures contract for project at Elgin’s Cooper Park pond

MORAY Council has awarded a contract to Pat Munro (Alness) Ltd to carry out essential drainage investigation works within Cooper Park pond in Elgin. The work...
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Sustainable innovations for saving water

By Andrew Leah, general manager of Duraproducts THIS year’s Water Saving Week, 12 -16 May, has the theme of ‘small waste, big impact’ and is...
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Building materials merchant unveils expanded Kilmarnock facility

BUILDINGS materials merchant PDM has unveiled a major upgrade to its Kilmarnock branch. The facility now occupies a total area of almost 1.5 acres, with...

Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation names new sales director

POLYPIPE Civils & Green Urbanisation has appointed Clark McAllister as its new sales director. McAllister, who has been with Polypipe for 27 years, joins from...

Plastic rainwater systems fall into place

By Paul Wadsworth, specification manager at Brett Martin WITH wild weather in Scotland the new norm and likelihood of powerful storms no longer a rare...

Residential project work to gather pace on historic Ayrshire site

CONSULTING engineer Dougall Baillie Associates (DBA) has announced the firm has been called on to accelerate the restart of a residential development where Robert...

‘Store on stilts’ innovation eases flooding fears at Tesco Galston

When Tesco confirmed the land they’d acquired for a new store in Galston was prone to flooding, an innovative solution was called for. The...
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Polystorm-R gets stamp of approval

POLYPIPE, a manufacturer of sustainable drainage and water management products, has received approval from the British Board of Agrément (BBA) for its Polystorm-R geocellular...
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AquaCell is key to drainage at luxury complex

WHEN it came to managing excessive rainfall with the creation of a soakaway at a new luxury apartment complex in Nottinghamshire, the solution lay...

Dawson Wam to lead £15.2m Campbeltown flood protection scheme

DAWSON Wam has been appointed as principal contractor on the £15.2 million Campbeltown flood protection scheme (FPS). The firm will install new pipelines to separate...
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Off-membrane stance helps blend blue roofs

This excerpt from ACO Building Drainage’s recently published Blue Roof Guide Vol 2 details how blue roof integration impacts green, hard-landscaped, and biosolar roofs MULTIFUNCTIONAL...
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Below the surface: landmark drainage system installed at Edinburgh Airport

SCOTLAND’S largest underground surface water drainage system has been installed by water infrastructure specialist SDS as part of a £23 million civil engineering programme...

Drones and lasers combine to help improve Scotland’s sewer network

SCOTTISH Water has announced that drones and lasers are being used together for the first time in Britain to improve Scotland’s sewers and help...

Water jetting: building the case for effective training

NO-dig remote access services delivered by drainage specialists are increasingly valued by construction contractors – and a key component is said to be water...

Dura Products appoints new business development manager

DURA Products has appointed Andy Robinson to the newly created role of business development manager. His key focus will be to promote the firm's range...