Building Briefs – August 20th

A ceremony to open Govanhill Housing Association’s new development on the site of the former Our Lady of Consolation RC Church in Inglefield Street was attended on Friday by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other elected representatives.

The Inglefield Street development has been supported by £1.64 million of grant funding from Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government and was delivered by CCG.

New £17m Dundee campus officially opens

A new £17 million school campus in Lothian Crescent, Dundee, has officially opened.

The North East Campus contains Longhaugh Primary, St Francis Primary and Quarry View Nursery School.

The project was carried out by Robertson Construction and designed by Holmes Miller Architects.

New safety measures planned for East Dunbartonshire roads

New safety measures are to be introduced for two roads in Bishopbriggs and Kirkintilloch.

A flat top speed table will be built on Kenmure Avenue at its junction with Brackenrae Road, Bishopbriggs.

In Kirkintilloch, two sets of speed cushions will be developed on Bankhead Road, between its junctions with Waterside Road and Glenluggie Road.

Both proposals received no objections when advertised earlier this year.

Engineers working to repair collapsed sewer in Clydebank

Engineers are on site to repair a collapsed sewer on the Great Western Road (A82) in Clydebank.

A wastewater pipe on the road has been damaged due to tree root ingress.

A number of road traffic management plans are in place to allow the pipework to take place.

A short stretch of the outside lane of the westbound carriageway of the road near the Drumry roundabout has been closed and single-file traffic is in operation in both directions.

Scottish Water has apologised to road users for any inconvenience.

Funding secured for pipe pumping system research in Machrihanish

Funding of £25,000 has been secured to conduct research on the possibility of creating a seawater intake pipe pumping system in Machrihanish.

Argyll and Bute councillors approved the funding in a meeting of the policy and resources committee on August 16.

The feasibility study will cost £50,000 in total, with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) providing the remaining £25,000.

The system could eventually serve a new aquaculture hub in the area.

A report outlined how developing a state of the art land-based aquaculture innovation hub at Machrihanish Airbase Community Company (MACC) will lead to a variety of small business and research units growing up around the site with the potential to significantly improve employment and further investment opportunities for the local economy.