Scottish News
First six star hotel for Glasgow
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Glasgow looks likely to get its first six star hotel following a deal between Dubai hotel group Jumeirah and developer PPD.
RIAS Doolan shortlist announced
Monday, 13 October 2008
The 2008 shortlist for the UK’s richest architectural prize – The RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award - has been announced.
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.
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
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| Wednesday, 23 January 2008 | |
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Cabling work has been completed in one of the powerline tunnels running underneath the Olympic Park. Two 6km tunnels have been dug underneath the Park to carry the power needed for the London 2012 Games and the communities that will live in the area afterwards. These tunnels were completed last year on time and on budget. More than 200km of electrical cables are now being installed in the tunnels – enough to stretch from London to Nottingham. The installation of cables, as well as monitoring and ventilation equipment, is complete in one of the tunnels, with work also progressing in the second tunnel. Currently power is carried along overhead cables that run between the 52 pylons that dominate the Park landscape. These pylons will be dismantled once power is switched to the underground cabling later this year.
The progress made keeps the Olympic Delivery Authority on track to achieve one of its ten milestones to Beijing announced last year. The second milestone stated that with the tunnels and cabling complete, the power for the Olympic Park would be set to switch underground by the Beijing 2008 Games. |
