SSE has one million reasons to celebrate safety on Berwick Bank project
SSE is celebrating hitting the milestone of one million hours of safe contractor working on its offshore Berwick Bank Wind Farm super project.
The safety...
AI tipped to enable autonomous underwater robots to perform offshore wind farm repairs
THE National Robotarium is supporting the development of new AI and control systems that could allow underwater robots to operate autonomously in turbulent seas,...
Geotechnical and material testing in the Highlands
WITH Scotland now producing 50% of its energy from renewable sources, with more investment to come - much of it in the Highlands, along...
Ground engineering sector still exploring full potential of AI
Oliver Smith, engineering director at Groundforce Shorco, answers Project Scotland's questions about sector trends, new innovations, Scottish projects, and the growing impact AI is...
Track work reaches halfway point on £116m Levenmouth rail project
TRACK work on the £116 million project to bring rail travel back to Levenmouth has passed the halfway point, Network Rail has announced.
The rail...
Aviemore civils contractor completes milestone wind farm cabling work
MCGOWAN Environmental Engineering has delivered the largest project in the firm's history at Moy Wind Farm, south of Inverness.
The Aviemore-based civil and environmental engineering...
Digging boom: critical need for asset searches
Richard Broome, MD at LSBUD, an online safe digging resource, discusses the surge in asset searches across the Covid-period and examines why the construction...
Hat-trick of jobs signals £2m boost
GROUND Developments Ltd has started work on a trio of new earthworks and soil stabilisation projects, securing £2 million worth of new business.
Each one...
Student helps Dundee firm better understand its carbon footprint
AN Abertay University student has helped a Dundee sustainable engineering company better understand the carbon impact of its operations through a real-world industry research...
Rest and Be Thankful public engagement events announced
A series of public engagement events on the long-term solution at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful will be held in March at venues...
Ground investigation contract award marks latest A9 Dualling milestone
SOIL Engineering Geoservices has secured a ground investigation contract worth almost £635,000 for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig and Pitlochry to Killiecrankie sections of...
Statom Group North secures groundworks and RC structures package at HMP Glasgow
STATOM Group North has been appointed by Kier to deliver a groundworks and RC structures package for the central facilities building, the front of...
New procurement competition announced for Tomatin to Moy project following ‘disappointing’ outcome
TRANSPORT Scotland has confirmed a new procurement competition will begin for the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 dualling project following a 'disappointing'...
Akela awarded ‘diverse’ groundworks package for new Bellshill development
AKELA Construction has been appointed by Dawn Homes to lead a package of works for the new Quarriers Gate development in Bellshill.
The 3.1-hectare site,...
Massive hire fleet mobilised for landmark tunnel project
AN example of Groundforce’s innovative way of doing things can be seen on Scottish Water’s mammoth Shieldhall Tunnel project.
A 3.1 mile-long waste water tunnel...
Stirling company gets first paving machine of its kind in Scotland
A Stirling company has become the owner of the first paving machine of its kind in Scotland.
Riley Surfacing, a partnership of brothers Hugh and...
Groundforce Training celebrates back-to-back wins at industry awards
GROUNDFORCE Training has celebrated its 10th anniversary year by winning the award for Water Industry Training Organisation of the Year for the second year...
GBSS Civil Engineering confirms new management structure
GBSS Civil Engineering Limited has announced a new management structure which will see the business expand and aim to break into additional markets.
The announcement...
Piling contract suits firm down to the ground
COMMERCIAL groundworks contractor Aarsleff Ground Engineering has completed a challenging sheet piling project in Edinburgh for a major supermarket.
The firm was awarded the contract...
Shoring kit assists with £250m energy project
MODULAR shoring equipment from Groundforce has played its part in the installation of a new gas main under the Colebrooke River at Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh,...
