Greig Fenton

How to turn PFI handover risk into a net zero opportunity

By Greig Fenton, regional director, Thomas & Adamson – part of Egis Group PRIVATE Finance Initiatives – or PFI, as the programme was better known...
Hardhats on desk

Largest battery storage developments in Europe to be built in Scotland in £800m project

COPENHAGEN Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is to commence with the build of two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Scotland. The two projects - Coalburn...

Temporary access specialist launches ‘first of its kind’ carbon calculator

AN online calculator that allows contractors to compare the carbon savings of portable roadways over aggregate and stone roads has been launched by temporary...

Green light for 90 new Passivhaus affordable homes in Newbattle

SMITH Scott Mullan Associates has announced that its project at Newbattle, Midlothian has received planning permission for 90 new Passivhaus affordable homes. The development is...
SSEN Transmission

Green light for UK’s largest ever subsea connection project

CONSTRUCTION is set to begin on what will be the UK's largest ever subsea connection project after plans received final approval from Ofgem. The eastern...

Roof tile manufacturer launches woodland initiative for long-serving staff

RUSSELL Roof Tiles has launched a new Long Service Programme, which will give long-serving employees managed woodland from The Woodland Trust. The initiative is designed...
John Ross, FOR EV

FOR EV expansion continues with new Aberdeen site

ELECTRIC vehicle charging infrastructure provider, FOR EV, has announced the launch of a new site at Tesco Express on Great Northern Road, Aberdeen. The 200kW...

Build of Clackmannanshire Council’s ‘most ambitious’ community project begins

ROBERTSON Construction has commenced work on what Clackmannanshire Council has described as its 'most ambitious community project' yet. The project will deliver the new Wellbeing...

World’s deepest wind turbine foundation installed in Scottish waters

THE world's deepest wind turbine foundation has been installed 16 miles off the coast of Angus at the site of the £3 billion Seagreen...

Balfour Beatty to lead major Aberdeenshire clean energy project

BALFOUR Beatty has secured the contract to deliver the main construction works for SSEN Transmission's Netherton Hub project near Peterhead. Following early enabling works, the...

Glasgow to be transformed into ‘thriving, climate resistant’ city in £10m project

SCIENTISTS are to begin work on a large-scale research programme that has been tipped to transform Glasgow into a 'thriving, climate resilient' city. It will...

Cundall adds to Scottish team as demand for sustainability services ‘skyrockets’

MULTI-disciplinary engineering consultancy Cundall has claimed that demand for sustainability services in Scotland has 'skyrocketed'. Demand for services including ESG strategy, net zero carbon design,...
Montgomerie Park Primary School

New Passivhaus primary school set to open in Irvine

ROBERTSON Construction Central West has completed the new £21 million Montgomerie Park Primary School in Irvine for North Ayrshire Council. The facility - the first...
Inverness

Scotland’s Railway climate action plan to see £400m resilience investment

NETWORK Rail, under its Scotland's Railway partnership, has published its climate action plan for 2024-2029. The blueprint will see more than £400 million contributed towards...

Reimagining fossil fuel sites

By Ruth Cochrane, enterprise lead within the School of Arts and Creative Industries at Edinburgh Napier University MOST of us are acutely aware that the...

Online event will discuss how Scotland needs to adapt to tackle climate emergency

BUILT environment professionals are being invited to an online event on June 7 to learn how to create climate-friendly places through new and existing...
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ICE to host Glasgow event focused on carbon management

THE Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is organising a carbon management conversation event on August 29 in Glasgow. The event, at Strathclyde University’s Technology...

First pipes installed to supply Shawfair with low carbon heating

THE first pipes to supply the new Shawfair Town in Midlothian with low carbon heating have been installed, with construction on the site now...

Construction products specialist publishes EPDs for entire range

PAVING and walling manufacturer Tobermore has published Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for the firm's entire product range. An EPD is a document that lays out...
Heat pump ready for installation on roof of Warmworks office building

Warmworks leads by example by completing net zero project at Leith base

WARMWORKS has announced it has become one of the first organisations in Leith to make its office space an entirely net zero working environment. The...