Glen Turner Distillery
The Glen Turner grain distillery is the first new green-field grain distillery constructed in Scotland for over 40 years and is now producing 25 million litres of whisky each year. Colorado Construction had delivered substantial savings to Glen Turner on previous projects and through late 2007 and into 2008 we were asked to assist Glen Turner in developing the new distillery, to be constructed immediately to the west of the existing bottling store with its own effluent management plant and…
Torahbaig Distillery, Skye
Providing a brand new distillery, visitors centre and exhibition space into a building of historic significance while ensuring the detailed restoration of the c.19th century farm steading, retaining the historic features.
Inchdairnie Distillery
Colorado Construction were appointed by John Fergus and Co. to construct their new £7 million distillery, offices and warehousing in Glenrothes. The proactive design of the distillery and warehouses reflected the forthcoming plans for expansion, which allowed for simplified and less disruptive future development. The construction of the building needed to be sequenced around the process installation sequence and required to incorporate extensive fire requirements with the distillation. The project was completed on programme while including design development during the…
Energy Assets
Belhaven Visitor Centre
Abbey Strand Apartments
Pathgreen B-Listed Development
Crabbie
Crabbie’s, now famous for their ginger beer, are to move back into the whisky market, opening a new distillery in Leith. Colorado will complete the distillery shortly, with a visitors centre opening soon afterwards. Apparently, this could be the first time spirits have been distilled in Leith for 100 years… Read press coverage from the Scotsman in their business pages and also in food and drink. Please note external sites may contain adverts. Artist’s impressions can be seen below.
Arnotdale House
Colorado Group are renovating Arnotdale House in Dollar park, Falkirk. The building will be turned into accommodation for the Cyrenians charity, allowing the creation of a social enterprise with new café, toilets and sports changing facilities. Read the story in the local Falkirk Herald. Please note external links may contain adverts.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Reichhold Chemie
Kingsbarns Distillery & Visitors Centre
Spire Healthcare
Dalkeith Corn Exchange
Ardagh Glass
Glen Moray Distillery
Quaker Oats
Label 5 Maturation Warehouses
Colorado Construction built this ’twin’ bonded warehouse for Label 5 in Livingston. Through working closely with the client and the design team we were able to realise a 30% increase in storage capacity over previous designs. This enabled 23,520 barrels to be stored in each unit. From our past experience on this type of project and by working closely with the designers, the Colorado team were able to improve the foundation and structural design of the warehouses to deliver a…
OI Glass
O-I is the largest manufacturer of glass containers in the world. The company has a turnover of £1.5billion and employs over 23,000 people. O-I has operating bases in 11 European countries, including 39 plants and 78 furnaces, and specialises in glass packaging for food and beverages, such as beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks. Colorado Construction is a term contractor at the O-I facility in Alloa and has successfully completed a wide range of projects over the last three years…
Dingbro
Quaker Oats : Food Safe Environment
Network Rail
Palace of Holyroodhouse
Speyside Cooperage, Alloa
Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, 123 High St
Newbattle Terrace, Edinburgh
Cambo Stables Renovation
Apex House, Haymarket, Edinburgh
In 2013 Colorado Construction completed a £1.5M central Edinburgh redevelopment, to extensively refurbish and fit-out the existing four-storey Apex House into a state-of-the-art business hub. The project incorporated several tenant moves and the renewal of the central power bus-bar, all while the building was fully occupied. The project included the complete refurbishment of the open plan office areas, toilets, central corridors and the modernisation of the all of external entrances and approaches incorporating Irish Limestone and feature glass balustrades. In…
Scottish Water
Colorado Construction completed a series of complex engineering projects for Scottish Water. A key aspect of many Scottish Water projects is the co-ordination of the shut-down of the existing water services. This is a principal element in the success of a Scottish Water project and so an essential aspect is in agreeing the exact timing requirements of all project stakeholders; the details of which are then incorporated into the integrated programme. Through detailed planning and effective communication the Colorado Group…
Silkhouse Apartments
Roy Bridge Primary School
Seton Place
Elie House
Large private dwelling near Callander
Callander Youth Trust
Little Spott Steading
The Maltings
Babcock Navy
Babcock International Group PLC is amongst the top 200 quoted companies in the UK, supplying support services to government departments and organisations whose activities are heavily regulated by government, such as the Ministry of Defence. Babcock Marine is a subsidiary based in Rosyth, Fife, which specialises in support and engineering services for the Royal Navy. Babcock Marine required an upgrade of its facility on the Rosyth Business Park, and awarded the six-week contract to Colorado Construction. The project involved the…
Babcock Marine
Babcock Marine is a subsidiary of Babcock International Group PLC based in Rosyth, Fife. The company specialises in support and engineering services for the Royal Navy. Babcock required the construction of a new 4000m2 concrete hard-standing within the Rosyth Naval Base to store large temporary structures, plant and equipment for the UK’s aircraft-carrier projects. The project is located adjacent to the former nuclear submarine facility and was seen as critical to the core aircraft-carrier programme. The works required a knowledge…