New guidance published to support PPP market to play their part in net zero transition
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To help support public sector PPP practitioners, private sector providers and investors in adopting a systematic approach to the delivery of net zero in the PPP sector, our Operational Contract Management team has just published - Guidance on pathways to net zero for assets delivered under PPP contracts.
In support of the Guidance, Kerry Alexander, Director, Infrastructure Finance and Programmes and who leads the Operational Contract Management team sets out in the linked article below, the opportunity for the PPP community to proactively play their part in the transition of public buildings to “net zero”. |
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Place in a Scotland island setting
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Our 'Place in a Scottish island setting – online workshop' held towards the end of May in partnership with Inspiring Scotland attracted over 130 people to hear from a stellar line-up of speakers and presenters, including:
- Jenny Rambridge from Hope Cohousing
- Chris MacLullich from Tagsa Uibhist (Uist Support)
- Phyl Meyer from Tiree Community Development Trust
- Coinneach Morrison from The Scottish Government
- Diarmaid Lawlor from the Scottish Futures Trust
- Lucy Conway from Inspiring Scotland
The workshop focused on how place-based decision making offers a more joined-up, collaborative, and participative approach to the development of services, land and buildings on Scotland’s islands.
The event highlighted two key themes in relation to place-based working in Scottish islands:
- Local Action - The stories shared from Orkney, Benbecula and Tiree were inspiring and it's clear there is amazing action already happening locally and at a community level in islands.
- Strategic action - To ensure island investment is well aligned to deliver on the multiple needs of island places, strategic thinking needs to happen collectively, at a ‘whole island’ level.
If you wish to watch and listen to the recording, it's available via the link below.
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And following on from the story above, in The Scotsman last week, Alix Medlyn Davies from our Place team had an article published that looks at how the 2018 Islands (Scotland) Act is to achieve economic equality across the islands and how we are supporting The Scottish Government in its Islands Programme.
To read the article, please click on the link below.
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Jedburgh Campus announced as one of eight RIAS Award winners
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Earlier this week, the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) announced eight exceptional buildings as winners of Scotland’s national architecture awards, and are as follows:
- Jedburgh Grammar Campus, Jedburgh by Stallan-Brand Architecture + Design
- Forth Valley College – Falkirk Campus, Falkirk by Reiach and Hall Architects
- Havenfield Mews, Edinburgh by Sonia Browse Architects
- High Sunderland, Galashiels by Loader Monteith
- Lockerbie Sawmill, Lockerbie by Konishi Gaffney
- Ostro Passivhaus, Kippen by Paper Igloo
- Quarry Studios, Aberdeenshire by Moxon Architects
- The Den, Tighnabruaich by Technique Architecture and Design in collaboration with Stallan-Brand
The Jedburgh Campus was delivered by hub South East through the SFT-managed Scotland's Schools for the Future programme.
The winners of the RIAS Awards will now become the ‘longlist’ for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award – one of the most significant architecture prizes in the world – which will be announced in November. Recipients of the 2022 RIAS Awards are also eligible for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards.
Congratulations to all projects and we wish them all the very best of luck with the national awards.
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Latest hub dashboard figures published
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The latest hub dashboard figures have been released showing the value of the programme across the five territories, the number of jobs supported on live sites as well as the % of contracts awarded to Scottish SMEs.
Along with the dashboard, the hub pipeline document has also been updated and is available to view here, which shows details of all completed projects, those in construction and those in development (currently valued at over £1bn).
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