Scottish Water

A joint venture between Costain and Vinci is to begin on a £100 million waste water tunnel project in Glasgow. Work on the Shieldhall Tunnel scheme has taken a step closer after cabinet secretary Roseanna Cunningham officially launched the 1,000-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) at a ceremony last

The City of Edinburgh Council has revealed that the new Portobello High School will open in October this year - three months earlier than expected. The school was originally expected to open this summer but water drainage issues meant a delay until January next year.

Scottish Water is looking for firms to prequalify for two design and build projects at the Daldowie and Dalmarnock sewage treatment works near Glasgow. Each worth £55 million, the two elements may be awarded separately or together. The projects are designed to reduce the impact of discharges to the

Scottish Water is submitting a planning application for a state-of-the-art Waste Water Treatment Works upgrade at its site in Inverurie. If approved, the work will be carried out by Scottish Water’s alliance partner Efficient Service Delivery (ESD), a joint venture between Galliford Try, MWH Treat

Infrastructure secretary Keith Brown in the Shieldhall Tunnel Underground boring is set to start on a £100 million project in Glasgow to create Scotland's largest storm water tunnel.

Scottish Water is building for the future of the water industry in Scotland and looking to recruit another 40 apprentices in 2016. The company currently employs 96 apprentices at the moment covering a multitude of diverse job roles from civil engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, finan

Scottish Water has appointed two joint ventures to provide technical consultancy support in its 2015-2021 investment programme. ARC, comprising of Atkins and RPS, will share the £120 million contract with m2, made up of MWH and Mott MacDonald.

An urban flooding project to tackle the deficiencies in Glasgow's drainage system and allow the building of 22,000 new homes on previously unviable brownfield sites has been received a funding boost. The Glasgow City Region City Deal Cabinet has approved £3.17 million of funding towards the next st

The transformation of some of Greater Glasgow’s most important infrastructure, including a major flooding project in Springburn, is progressing deep beneath the city streets, as Keith Brown MSP, cabinet secretary for infrastructure, investment and cities, saw today. Scottish Water is more than hal

A new £21 million Water Treatment Works (WTW) is to be built in Oban, Scottish Water has announced. Construction of the Tullich WTW is to begin in early 2016 with a view to becoming operational by Autumn 2017.

Work in Strowan Crescent in Shettleston - image provided by SNS photography The transformation of some of Greater Glasgow’s most important infrastructure is progressing deep beneath the city streets largely out of sight of most people who live, work and travel there.

A half mile-long new sewer tunnel is to be installed beneath the streets of the Yoker area of Glasgow as part of a £7 million project to help improve the water quality and natural environment of the River Clyde and tackle flooding issues. Scottish Water has started work on the project, which involv

Paul Doyle Bachy Soletanche has secured a major contract to install piles for the new Shieldhall Tunnel project in Glasgow.

Dozens of apprentices and graduates around Scotland are set for employment after Scottish Water announced the preferred bidder for a major part of its new £3.5 billion investment programme. ESD (Efficient Service Delivery), a joint venture between Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Black and Veatch,

An innovative new environmental wetland project in Cowdenbeath by Scottish Water has been completed and promises to be an innovative storm water treatment method – as well as a boost for wildlife in the area.