Aberdeenshire

BAM UK & Ireland has been appointed as construction partner on Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), a nationally significant electricity infrastructure project that will help transform how renewable energy is transported across the UK.

ETZ Ltd and Scottish Enterprise have introduced the £2.5 million Property Improvement Fund to help vacant and underutilised premises across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire undergo upgrades. 

SSEN Transmission has marked a major milestone in the development of its Netherton Hub near Peterhead, with the handover of the newly formed platforms for its new 400kV and 132kV substations and Spittal to Peterhead High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter station. Representatives from SSEN Tran

A £3 million project to replace an ageing railway bridge in Laurencekirk is due to begin next week. 

The Scottish Government has granted consent for a new gas-fired power station with carbon capture at Peterhead, a joint venture between SSE and Norway’s Equinor. The Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station is planned to generate roughly 900 to 910 megawatts of electricity and is designed to cap

Planning permission has been granted for a five-home project that will be North East Scotland's first Passivhaus development. Woodend of Glassel sits in private woodland just minutes from Banchory, Aberdeenshire. It will be built by Insch-based Passivhaus builder Coldwells Build.

Aberdeenshire Council is to trial new street lighting, signage and road markings on a section of the A952 at Mintlaw.

Work begins this week on a £10 million project which will see the former Stewart Milne Group headquarters in Westhill transformed into a new community of affordable homes. Aberdeenshire-based Bancon Construction’s Land Led Affordable housing team is partnering with Hillcrest to regenerat

Vattenfall has completed all 14 turbine foundations at its 63MW Clashindarroch II Wind Farm in Aberdeenshire, a major construction milestone delivered in 11 weeks. 

Banff and Macduff residents have been invited by Aberdeenshire Council to attend engagement sessions which will present the design for a proposed active travel bridge across the River Deveron. Following the delivery of Aberdeenshire Council’s Integrated Travel Town Masterplan approach, which h

At its annual charity golf day, Barratt and David Wilson Homes North Scotland has raised more than £14,000 for Cornerstone - its Charity of the Year.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has named its shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award for this year, in which a total of three Scottish buildings have been selected.  The three buildings represent a creative re-use and restoration of historic bui

Springfield Properties has signed its first main works agreement under its build-to-lease housing partnership with SSEN Transmission in the North of Scotland. The furnished and serviced homes will accommodate workers involved in the energy infrastructure provider’s upgrade projects.

The boss of a roofing firm has been given a £15,000 fine after a worker fatally fell while fitting a skylight in the Mearns coast. 

Kirkwood Homes Ltd has lost its bid for more than £5 million in damages after a court ruled it had given up its right to buy land in the way it tried to.