Building Briefs – April 7th

Go-ahead for £17.5m Grangemouth secondary school

Falkirk Council has given the green light for a new secondary school to be built catering for pupils with additional support needs in Grangemouth.

The £17.5m school has been designed in-house by the local authority and will cater for 190 pupils upon completion by Ogilvie Construction in August 2017.

A design statement prepared by the local authority’s development services department said: “The main frontage elevation consists of the assembly hall, upper floor staff room, main entrance, gym and swimming pool.”

Standing stones of Sighthill to be removed for works

The standing stones of Sighthill Park in Glasgow are to be removed temporarily as part of the £250m regeneration of the area.

The stones will be put into storage before eventually being re-erected at a different location.

They will be relocated within the new park, south east of the current site.

Energy Assets Group win £6m utility infrastructure contract

Utility metering firm Energy Assets Group (EAG) has won a new utility infrastructure contract with East Lothian Developments Ltd (ELDL) for a new residential development in East Lothian.

The contract, valued at £6 million, will see EAG’s recently added subsidiary Blyth Utilities install gas, water and electricity infrastructure at the 1,450 home mixed development at St Clements Well, Wallyford.

The development will also include offices, retail and supermarket units and a primary school.

Plans submitted for Orkney gin distillery

Plans have been lodged by an Orkney couple who want to built and set up a gin distillery on the islands.

Stephen and Aly Kemp, from Kirkwall, are seeking planning permission for an artisan distillery, visitor centre and shop in the town’s Ayre Road.

If approved, the distillery will produce the Kemps’ own variety of gin - Kirkjuvagr - which has been in development over the past few months.

Wellhouse Housing Association appoints new director

Wellhouse Housing Association has announced the appointment of Martin Wilkie-McFarlane as new chief officer from the end of May.

Martin has thirty years’ experience, chiefly in the not for profit housing sector, in local government, housing associations and community projects in both Scotland and London, complemented by private sector work in France and a national role with Shelter Scotland.

He grew up in social housing to the East of Glasgow and has had a lifelong commitment to social justice.