Building Briefs – August 14th

Russell Roof Tiles maintenance manager donates to Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes

Dougie Campbell, a maintenance manager from Dumfries has kindly donated £300 he won in a local golf match to Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes (DGBB).

Dougie works at local roof tile manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles in Halleaths where he’s worked for 13 years. DGBB are the company’s official charity and last year Russell’s raised £12,000 - enough to buy a new bike.

DGBB is a volunteer-led charity providing life-saving samples and medical supplies to NHS Foundations across the region. It has been operating for two years and now run seven bikes including Lady Devorgilla – the bike it purchased with Russell’s donation. The charity operates 24/7, relying solely on volunteers’ fundraising efforts and does not receive any government or local authority finance.

Russell Roof Tiles’ production director, Bruce Laidlaw, said: “We’re delighted that when Dougie played at the Galloway Industrial Golf Day with our Works Manager, Ian Jones. Around 30 people played from different companies across the region and Dougie won the ‘nearest the pin’.”

Dougie added: “This is a very worthwhile local charity so I am pleased to be able to donate my cash prize to the Blood Bikes.”

AWPR - A93 to close west of B979 at Milltimber this weekend

The A93 North Deeside Road is expected to close west of its junction with the B979 Milltimber Brae around 8pm on Friday 18 August until 6am on Monday 21 August, as part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty project.

The road closure will enable the contractor to undertake carriageway reconstruction works on the A93 North Deeside Road.

Scotland’s oldest reactor to be demolished

Scotland’s first operational nuclear reactor is to be demolished.

The Dounreay Materials Test Reactor (DMRT) achieved criticality, a nuclear term referring to the balance of neutrons in the system, in 1958.

The site at Dounreay, near Thurso, was built using 600 tonnes of steel. It was shut down in 1969.

Large parts of the DMRT site have already been demolished as part of wider work to decommission the Dounreay nuclear power site.

The control room desk and panels for the reactor were moved to Caithness Horizons, a museum in Thurso, in 2015.

A contractor has been sought for the work of demolishing the reactor.