Building Briefs – August 1st

A contemporary luxury residential development which will complete Glasgow’s famous 19th century masterplan within the city’s prestigious Park area has generated more than 600 buyer enquiries.

Park Quadrant Residences has been designed to be sympathetic to the area’s rich heritage, complementing the aesthetic of the original plans envisioned by architect Charles Wilson in 1851.

The development will feature eleven apartment blocks spanning six floors and will comprise 98 one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments and duplexes, as well as an exquisite penthouse collection.

£9m acquisition for Breedon

Breedon has taken over independent sand & gravel quarry and aggregates merchanting business Humberside Aggregates Ltd for £9 million.

Based at North Cave near Hull, Humberside Aggregates has approximately 3.1 million tonnes of mineral reserves, with the potential to secure additional reserves in the future.

Humberside employs around 30 people and in the year to 30th April 2017, it reported an underlying EBITDA of £2.1m on revenues of £14.9m.

Oban’s transit berthing facility open for business

A new £2.5 million transit berthing facility has officially opened in Oban.

The ambitious project is designed to benefit the local and wider economy, is already bringing vessels and visitors to the town.

The facility, comprising 15 finger berth pontoons, 3 hammer heads, and 12 fully serviced floating concrete breakwaters, has been built to the highest standards and according to the original plans. This season the facility will be operated by Argyll and Bute Council in partnership with Bid4Oban.

In addition, work on the associated maritime visitor facility, costing £1.6m, is ongoing and is scheduled to be completed later this year. This facility will provide a harbourmaster’s office, toilets, showers, lockers and a changing area as well as commercial space for rent.

The Ocean Youth Trust were amongst the first pontoon customers and Councillor Elaine Robertson, chair of the Oban, Lorn and the Isles Area Committee, was on hand to welcome their charter vessels to the state-of-the art facility.

Public vote to name new River Ness bridge

A public vote looks set to decide the name for a new crossing being constructed over the River Ness in Inverness.

The bridge forms part of the city’s new West Link road.

Highland Council said it was planning to suggest a number of options for the name and will hold the public vote in the autumn.

The new road will form a link between the A9, A96 and A82 trunk roads.

BEAR Scotland to start £1.5m A9 Cromarty Bridge refurb

BEAR Scotland is to begin a £1.5 million bridge refurbishment project in the Highlands.

The company will start improving the A9 Cromarty Bridge from 14 August.

Work includes concrete repairs to the bridge deck and supports as well as the installation of protection measures to prevent future deterioration. The bridge deck will then be waterproofed and resurfaced to ensure a smooth and safe journey for bridge users.

The six-month scheme follows on from a previous phase of refurbishment work to the first four spans of the bridge carried out in 2011.

The scheme is the latest investment into the structure by Transport Scotland, who have spent £5.8m on the bride since January 2016.

In the past 18 months this package of improvements included the replacement of the bridge parapets on both sides of the structure, the installation of scour protection measures around six of the bridge piers, as well as advanced electrical works to help facilitate the deck span refurbishment works commencing in August.

Resurfacing was also completed in June across almost the whole length of the bridge, with the remaining sections to be resurfaced following completion of the bridge refurbishment project.

Work to start on Annbank waste water infrastructure upgrade

Scottish Water is to begin work on a waste water infrastructure upgrade project in the Annbank area of South Ayrshire.

A new waste water pipe is to be installed under a section of the B744 road from August 11.

To carry out the scheme, the road will be closed during the work from its junction with Mill Road, Annbank to its junction near Broadhead Farm with the road leading Auchencruive.

Council seeks views over future of Nairn paddling pool

Residents are being invited to submit their views over the future of Nairn Paddling Pool and Play Area in the town.

In recent years, the pool has been closed for repairs to its ageing structure, which has been deteriorating badly and made repairs more difficult and expensive.

Highland Council said repairs were carried out in 2016 to keep the pool in operation through this summer and for another two of three years.

However, councillors are now looking for residents’ views over the future of the facility and a survey has been launched to gather views from local parents and young people.

To participate in the survey, visit here.

Fife road resurfacing scheme to begin

A £230,000 road resurfacing project is to begin in Fife.

The council will start repairing the A914 between St Michaels and the Lucklawhill junction by Balmullo from August 7.

The two-week scheme involves implementing a road closure and traffic diversions will be in place.

C89C Chapel of Stoneywood to Fairly Road to close this weekend

The C89C Chapel of Stoneywood to Fairly Road is expected to close at its junction with the U90C Tulloch Road this weekend to enable the contractor for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project to undertake surfacing works.

It is anticipated that the road will close at 8pm on Friday 4 August and it is expected to reopen around 6am on Monday 7 August.

Due to the location of this closure and its interface with the public road network, there will be a number of diversionary routes in place depending on the road user’s intended direction of travel. All diversions will be sign-posted.