The demise of Dundee construction firm McGill was the most read story on Scottish Construction Now, but conservation-related matters also featured high on the list.
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.. more than £300m has been invested in the renovation of Taymouth Castle in Perthshire…
Scottish Construction Now writes:
… Administrators were also appointed at Livingston-based contractor NRS UK (Noel Regan & Sons) after the firm succumbed to spiralling supply chain costs and fixed-price contract issues.
Founded in 2010, Scottish projects for the firm included the St Andrews Cross substation in Glasgow, Seagreen Offshore wind farm off the Angus coast, Hunterston substation, Sauchiehall Street civil engineering works and electricity substations in Wishaw and Glenlee….
Elsewhere, more than £300m has been invested in the renovation of Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, with work getting underway in July and further proposals pending before planning officials.
Restoration work at the castle, which was bought by US-headquartered Discovery Land Company in 2018, will continue for three to four years.
The worlds of construction and sport always seem inextricably linked and it was no different for SCN readers during the last 12 months….
Queen’s Park Football Club’s revised plans to demolish the ‘oldest football building in the world’ to make way for a new stadium at Lesser Hampden were granted planning permission in February….
… In April, Stewart Milne Group put its housebuilding business up for sale…
… Rounding up the most read articles was the death of a man after an incident at a Glasgow building site in May. The 44-year-old sustained injuries on a building site on Stepford Road.
