Orkney

Plans for the primary school Threesixty Architecture has been appointed for the redevelopment of the Old Academy and former primary school of Stromness.

Work to deliver a new hospital and healthcare facilities in Orkney will get underway soon after Robertson Capital Projects achieved financial close with NHS Orkney on the £64 million project. The project will see the development of a purpose built facility to replace the existing Balfour Hospital i

Plans for a £6.5 million research and innovation campus in Stromness in Orkney are set to go ahead after the two organisations behind the venture agreed funding for the project. The 3.75-acre campus will support the growth of existing research and innovation activity and the expansion of companies

Global professional services consultancy WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has won a new contract with NHS Orkney and Robertson Capital Projects on the £64 million new hospital and health care facility. The company’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Capital Investment services team has secured the r

Robertson Capital Projects is set to start work on Orkney’s new £60 million hospital in “the very near future” after councillors granted the facility planning permission this week. Orkney Islands Council’s planning committee approved the project with the additional recommendation that the i

An artist's impression of how the facilty could look A demolition company is to investigate Orkney as a potential location for a new facility to decommission redundant oil and gas rigs.

Keppie Design has been appointed as architects on the £60 million Hospital and Healthcare Facilities in Orkney. Being constructed by Robertson Construction Group, the new general hospital will facilitate and support the delivery of Health and Social Care services to the 21,000 strong population of

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil with Phil Caroe, Allia's director of social finance; Colin Connell, development director at Persimmons Partnerships; Jim Whiston, director of Ayrshire Housing Association, Nick Pollard, Kingdom Housing Association director of finance; Sandy Dennison, finance manage

(from left) lead engineer Neil Gauld, chair of development and infrastructure James Stockan, council convener Steven Heddle, OIC head of roads and environmental services Darren Richardson The construction of a link road that will provide access to Orkney’s new Hospital and Healthcare Facilities go

A primary school designed by architectural practice Keppie has beat off competition from 70 rival projects to win ‘Education Building of the Year’ at the 2014 Society for Construction and Architecture in Local Authorities (SCALA) Awards.

Plans for a multi-million pound bridge between two remote Orkney islands could end the shortest schedule flight in the world. The air link between Westray and Pappa Westray could be grounded by a scheme to build tunnels, bridges and causeways between a number of Orkney’s islands, the Scotsman has