Morgan Sindall, Morrison Building, Robertson Workforce and Ogilvie had been decided on to paintings on seven multi-million-pound initiatives around the Highland area from Thurso to Inverness.
Highland Funding Plan (HIP) is a £2.1 billion, 20-year capital funding programme led by way of the council to give a boost to native infrastructure and products and services. The plan is for it to be financed thru a mixture of capital funding and a devoted annual allocation of two% ring-fenced council tax earnings.
This comprises £750m of funding over the following 5 years.
A key part of the HIP is the advent of network hubs, referred to as issues of supply (PoDs), supporting a transfer in opposition to a unmarried public property incorporating faculties, places of work, depots and companions, developing extra built-in community-based amenities.
The primary initiatives to have most well-liked major contractors appointed are:
- Beauly Number one PoD – Morgan Sindall
- Charleston Academy PoD – Morgan Sindall
- Dingwall Number one PoD together with St Clements College – Robertson
- Fortrose Academy PoD – Morrison Building
- Inverness Prime College PoD – Ogilive Building
- Thurso PoD – Morrison Building
- Tornagrain Number one PoD – Robertson.
The contractors to be concerned within the session, design and pre-planning phases of the HIP initiatives.
Council chief Raymond Bremner, mentioned: “This marks a significant milestone for the Highland Funding Plan and a welcome step ahead for our communities. The plan represents an leading edge and impressive method to capital funding, which can ship long-term, sustainable enhancements to our faculties, network amenities, places of work and depots around the Highlands.”
Convener of the Council, Cllr Invoice Lobban, mentioned: “The HIP is a ground-breaking and leading edge long-term infrastructure funding programme, which can create transformative trade over the following decade, With those contractors now appointed, we will be able to transfer to the following segment of our making plans, together with additional engagement with our communities and design and pre-planning actions.”
The most well liked major contractors sign up for HIP venture groups that come with architects NORR, Holmes Miller and the in-house Highland Council Design & Building crew, in conjunction with specialists together with Currie & Brown, Doig & Smith, Turner & Townsend, DSSR, Goodson Buddies, Brown & Wallace, Atkins Realis, Fairhurst, Rybka, Harley Haddow and Etive.
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