February 10
Congratulations this month to Rachel and her husband, Nick, on the successful arrival of a son, Billy.
The weather continues to dominate activities, or lack of activities, across the construction industry. Several of our construction sites have been at a standstill in the cold. Concrete doesn't cure properly at temperatures below 4 degrees C, and workmen would rather be indoors at those temperatures too.
The weather has also delayed the archaeologists working on one of our projects who believe they've found evidence of a prehistoric round house. They won't know for sure until the ground thaws.
The cold weather has also been putting strain on people's heating systems and Jon and Ian are both becoming experts in the minutiae of boiler settings, flue seals, flow switches, fuel additives and warranties as a result. Roll on springtime!
January 10
The big news this month is that Partner Ed Kelly has been formally confirmed as an Accredited Conservation Architect. This accolade comes as a just reward for his many years of painstaking work on projects such as Duntarvie Castle and Edinburgh Weaving Mill to name just two.
Other news this month: Our Beecraigs Eco-centre and our Victoria Walk project have both been formally granted their respective planning approvals. Improvements to Whitburn Dental surgery have started on site and so has the extension to the Molloy house.
December 09
The last couple of months have seen a flurry of planning applications submitted and approved, including 201A Pitt Street, Glasgow; the Strachan House, Edinburgh; the Reid House, Whitburn; the Evan House, Bo'ness; the Benbow House, Kinross, the Masson House, Linlithgow. Permission was granted for a new house at Creag an Tuirc on Linlithgow's Station Road.
Building Warrants have been granted for Haddington Dental Surgery and The Wade House, and prestart meetings have been held for Whitburn Dental Surgery and the Molloy house.
The Beecriags Visitor Centre project is now firmly underway with intensive collaboration with the Structural Engineers, Arup, and the M&E Engineers, Cundalls. We submitted the Warrant application this month and hope to be on site n the spring
The new Shieldaig Restaurant and Bar has finally been granted its final certificate. Other projects that have reached completion this month include Westerhailes Dental surgery, and Regent Dental Surgery,Dalgety Bay, which has now opened to the public. See image below.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all!
October 09
Our list of domestic projects continues to increase, with the Winstanley House, the Evans House, the Strachan House and the Masson house all having their planning applications submitted this month. Two other house projects, the Molloy House and the Denhan House are both due to start on site very soon, and the Halliday House reached completion this month also.
Our Dental Practice projects are also moving ahead. The Westport Dental Practice and the Haddington Dental Surgery have been submitted for building warrant. Westerhailes Dental Surgery has now started on site, and Whitburn Dental surgery is due to start in 2 weeks. Dalgety Bay Dental Surgery is now nearing completion
September 09
This year our Autumn annual day out was to the art and architecture exhibitions in Kielder Forest. Highlights were the new Kielder Forest Observatory, getting lost in a stone gabion maze, and a really good lunch where Jon consumed the mightiest apple crumble ever seen.
Projects on site this month include the Dalgety Bay Dental Surgery and the Halliday House in Linlithgow. The Park Terrace Apartments in Falkirk are nearing completion, as is the CSJ headquarters building in Falkirk. CSJ hope to be occupying the new factory and showroom sometime in October. Photos of the completed exterior can be seen here
The Finch House (below) has just reached completion.
A Warrant has been granted for the Westerhails Dental Surgery, and this job should be starting on site very soon.
Planning applications submitted this month include the Winstanley House, and planning has been granted for the new shop at 201A Pitt Street in Glasgow. See photomontage below.
August 09
We've all been on holiday at one time or another this month, so news is a little thin on the ground.
However, one exciting development is that some of our completed projects have been professionally photographed by DCS Photography. The results are fantastic - see for yourself on our updated project pages!
Dalgety Bay Dental Surgery has started on site - the refurbishment is due to be complete in 10 weeks.
The Building Warrant has been granted for the Denholm House, Kirkliston. The project includes a classic car garage and a new Art Studio.
July 09
The planning application for Panmure House, Edinburgh, was submitted last week, following an exhausting but well-recieved Public Consulation Open day on the 28th. You can see our exhibition boards by clicking the image below. The exhibition tells the story of the house, our thinking behind the design development and images of the current proposals.
Planning had finally been granted for the Victoria Walk project (see June's news) subject to the potential for it to be 'called in' by the Scottish Executive.
Our scheme for the new visitor centre at Beecraigs Country park has been submitted for planning. Click here to see the planning drawings
Buildng Works at the Finch House will be complete within the next month.
Building works at Park Terrace Apartments are well under way - the timber frame is now up to 3rd floor.
Planning and listed building consent has been granted for an extension to the Westport dental Practice, Linlithgow
The building warrant for the Jamieson House extension has been granted.
Works at Dalgety Bay Dental Surgery have started on site. The new Dental Surgery will be complete in November.
We have been commisioned to design a new Children's Nursery building in Linlithgow.
June 2009
Our Victoria Walk project almost got planning approval this month, but after 3 years of design and 8 months of negotiating with the Planners someone noticed at the last minute that one of the boxes on the application form hadn't been ticked so the Planning Committee deferred the whole application until next month. Ah the joys of red tape!! A new planning system comes into force from the start of August, so maybe there is hope for us yet, but first drafts of the new application form reveal it to be 24 pages long with more boxes to tick than ever before.
