Scottish News
Scottish steel strike continues
Thursday, 09 October 2008
Unite members based at Burntisland Steel Fabricators in Fife will continue all out strike action over the company’s failure to match the industry standard rate set out in the NAECI agreement.
Scottish Government pledges £9m for house builders
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
A £9m funding package has been announced by the Scottish Government to help house builders fight the credit crunch.
National fire centre for Scotland
Tuesday, 07 October 2008
South Lanarkshire has been chosen as the site of a £30m state-of-the art fire fighting training centre.
Balfour Beatty wins Scottish contracts
Friday, 26 September 2008
Balfour Beatty Rail Projects (BBRP) has been awarded a £60m contract to undertake construction and engineering jobs in central Scotland.
Robertson axes jobs
Friday, 26 September 2008
Scottish building firm Robertson Group has axed 44 staff as a result of the housing downturn – and says it cannot rule out further redundancies.
Turner & Townsend lead Glasgow development
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by New Campus Glasgow to become a technical advisor, for the new city centre £300m campus.
Scottish Features
Black Gold
Landpac Ground Engineering Limited is working on the Trailblazer Project at the former Polkemmet Colliery, proving that where there's muck, there is indeed brass.
Compost helps to unlock green potential of Scottish central belt
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Scotland is at the forefront of turning contaminated, industrialised groundscapes into usable green and urban spaces.
Wasting away
According to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the construction and demolition industry in Scotland creates more than 10 million tonnes of waste each yea, and reducing this figure is a key aspect of government targets for greater sustainability.
Imagining new possiblities for play
'The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless' - Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Think global - act local
The City of Edinburgh has adopted the Edinburgh Standards for sustainable building.
Piling on the pressure
Stent, part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, has started work on the foundations for a brand new eight-storey office block at One Waterloo Street, in Glasgow's city centre for the main contractor Miller Construction.
Caledonia Play
Aberdeenshire Council taking learning outdoors
| EDF takes London 2012 contract |
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The contract to deliver the electrical networks for the Olympic Park and Stratford City development in east London has been awarded to EDF Energy through its wholly owned subsidiary Lea Valley Utilities (LVU). EDF Energy will design, construct, own and operate the electrical distribution network supplying power to the Olympic Park and Stratford City a development adjacent to the Park including retail, residential, leisure and office space. The network will be made up of more than 100km of cabling and 100 local substations across the Park. The networks will be connected to a primary substation located in the west of the Olympic Park. Clearance work on the site of the primary substation has now been completed, allowing construction work to start later this year. Crushed materials from the site will be used in the construction of the substation contributing to London 2012’s target of recycling or reusing 90% of construction materials. ODA director of Infrastructure and Utilities, Simon Wright, said: "The utility networks and infrastructure are not just for a summer of sport in 2012 but will power the long-term regeneration of the area for many years to come and show that we are planning Games and legacy together from the very beginning.’" Work to construct and install the electrical networks will begin in the summer. |
