Market Leads & Opportunities
Balfour Beatty to give Edinburgh biology block a £67m revamp
Balfour Beatty has won a £67m contract to remodel and extend the University of Edinburgh’s biology building.The 11-storey Darwin Tower is to be comprehensively overhauled and re-clad using a double-skin cladding system to improve both its appearance and energy performance. The 1960s’ building will also be totally refurbished and extended to provide approximately 20,000 m2 of research and teaching facilities with specialist research labs.The School of Biological Sciences project includes a three-storey extension housing a lecture theatre, seminar spaces meeting rooms and a cafe.It is envisaged that the Darwin Building will be ready for re-occupation in autumn 2020.Robertson Construction is nearing completion of its £24m enabling works contract after two years on site.
More Market Leads
- Committee to decide on more than 100 homes in Somerset
26 Feb 25
Plans for more than 100 homes in Somerset will go before committee today (25 February). - Funding for Argyll and Bute housing projects
26 Feb 25
The UK Government has committed to delivering a package of support from the CRP to Argyll and Bute Council totalling £20.34 million. - Lead developer sought for city centre redevelopment
26 Feb 25
Hull City Council says it has taken a step forward on its redevelopment of the former BHS building in the city centre.
- In association with::
