The construction pipeline forecast tool shows that Scotland currently has planned projects worth more than £18bn
Data from the Scottish Futures Trust shows that the Scottish construction pipeline is currently very strong, with 1,192 projects up to 2035.
This includes £7.2bn, which will be delivered by 2030, and of which 63% will be procured through existing frameworks.
Aiding business plans through clarity
The tool was created in 2021 to bring further clarity to businesses in the construction sector, allowing easier creation of future plans and certainty.
Claire Pollock, data & insights manager at the Scottish Futures Trust, said: “The continued engagement and support by our public sector partners is greatly appreciated and we have seen an increase in membership and usage of the platform. This underpins our ambition to improve the transparency of Scotland’s construction pipeline to support the sector.
“In addition, the recent launch of the UK NISTA infrastructure pipeline provides further transparency of UK Government-funded infrastructure projects in Scotland. This compliments the national picture of our own pipeline tool.”
The NISTA infrastructure pipeline tool was launched earlier this year with a similar intent for the UK at large, gathering data from 40 government departments.
At the time, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP said: “Last month, I set out a comprehensive ten-year strategy to restore confidence in the UK’s capacity to provide the infrastructure we need to renew Britain.
“Delivering that ambition will require support from the private sector to invest in the jobs and training opportunities workers need to help us rebuild the country.
“This pipeline brings industry on that journey with us – by giving business leaders and investors confidence about future work and therefore the confidence to invest in their workforce.”
Many important projects in Scotland
In September last year, data from Diamond & Company found that there were still more than 5,000 private and public buildings standing taller than 11m that have dangerous flammable cladding in Scotland.
This was particularly concerning due to the Scottish Parliament passing a law to remove the riskiest cladding materials from all buildings being passed in 2022, and showing that work urgently needed to speed up.
More recently, in April, the Scottish & Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) announced a distribution investment over nine sub-regions of the North of Scotland network licence area.
As part of this investment, five companies have been appointed to the programme to upgrade, renew, and reinforce the network’s overhead lines and wooden poles, along with the substations and underground network.
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