A Moray engineering and construction company has secured its biggest contract ever with a multi-million pound windfarm deal.

AJ Engineering and Construction Services Limited has been contracted to fabricate and install the structural steel and cladding for the Stronelairg Wind Farm substation in a deal worth £2.5 million.

The contract for the project has been secured through Global Infrastructure which has worked closely with Forres-based AJ Engineering on a number of other contracts.

Fabrication of steelwork is well underway and approximately a third has been erected on site. The installation of the roof cladding has also been commenced.

Graham Alexander, AJ Engineering’s general manager, said: “The contract has a value of £2.5m and our element of the works are due for completion this summer. To date this is the largest single project AJ Engineering has ever been awarded.”

He added: “The main contract has been let to a joint venture of BAM Nuttall and Siemens and they in turn have let the building works to Global Infrastructure. We have carried out a number of contracts to date with both BAM Nuttall and Global Infrastructure and it was due to these previous successful projects that we are asked to undertake Stronelairg. Only through working closely with all the parties involved in a project like this can you understand what is critical to their works and together you can deliver to meet the client’s needs.”

Graham, who joined AJ Engineering in 2014, added: “The building has to be built over 2000 feet above sea level in a very exposed location so not only does this make construction more difficult, the weather plays a significant role in the movement of resources to the site. We take pride in providing our clients with engineered solutions and the logistics of meeting a tight schedule, in a difficult location, has meant we have had to think ‘outside the box’ on more than one occasion.”

The Stronelairg wind farm is a 66 turbine project located on the Garrogie estate, South East of Fort Augustus.