Highlands

Robertson Construction Northern is set to begin work on a major new development on Inverness Campus. Following an open public tender process, the company was awarded a £9 million contract to build a 2500m² life sciences innovation centre, which was designed by Austin-Smith: Lord.

An investment plan which includes proposals of up to £54 million capital funding for five Highland schools will go before councillors next week for agreement. The Highland Council has identified significant capital funding for investment in five schools, Culloden Academy, Beauly, Dunvegan and

Robertson Construction Northern has commenced works at Lochaber’s Gaelic primary school, Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Loch Abar, which will see the delivery of two new classrooms as a result of growing demand. 

BAM Nuttall Limited has been fined following the death of an employee who was run over by a dumper vehicle.

A new page has been created on the Highland Council's website to keep the public updated on the progress of works for the re-profiled capital programme’s education, housing, and property projects across the region.

ILI Group has received the green light to proceed with a £550 million pumped storage project on the shores of Loch Ness.

A disused quarry in Caithness has been earmarked as the site of a proposed new battery energy plant. Developer Highview Power has notified the Highland Council of its plan to submit an application for the project.

Work has started on the new primary school to serve the housing developments at Ness Castle and Ness-Side in Inverness.

The Highland Council has published the main construction contract for the Inverness Castle transformation on the procurement website Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). The contract signals the next stage in the transformation of Inverness Castle to become a tourism gateway for the Highlands.

The Highland Council's planning committee has unanimously approved proposals which will see a new railway station built at Inverness Airport.

A specialist survey to inform the final design and construction of the proposed satellite launch site in Sutherland is expected to get under way today on the A’ Mhoine peninsula. Regional development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) plans to establish Space Hub Sutherland as a cor

Inverness Townscape Heritage Project (ITHP) has released a video to mark the end of the project, which included a grant-giving scheme focussing on Academy Street, and saw £1.75 million in grant funding awarded since it began in September 2015.

An owner of a property on the west coast of Scotland who claimed he was wrongly charged for ratings payments on the property has been unsuccessful in an appeal against the dismissal of a judicial review petition raised challenging the decision of the local authority’s ratings board.

The Highland Council is working with the Nairn Citizens Advice Bureau to provide a new office and IT suite along with twelve 1 and 2-bed flats for council rent on the site for the former community centre in Nairn.

The Highland Council is progressing plans to provide new modern and efficient houses in the Meiklefield area of Dingwall.