Scottish Water has announced it has won an award at this year’s Scottish Civil Engineering Awards, recognised as the highest honour for engineering excellence in the built environment.
Photo: teams from Scottish Water and George Leslie receive Engineering Award
The awards ceremony at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) celebrated the innovation and dedication of Scotland’s engineering community in front of 250 guests.
Scottish Water received the award for its Craigmaddie Reservoir improvement project, delivered by contractor George Leslie Ltd.
The £4.7 million series of interconnected projects has restored a vital 19th-century community asset, enhancing the environment, improving public access and safeguarding water quality for generations to come.
The Craigmaddie and neighbouring Mugdock reservoirs store drinking water for more than 700,000 people across Greater Glasgow and attract over 160,000 visitors every year.
The programme included a like-for-like replacement of the historic 21.9-metre-long valve tower bridge using modern materials to extend its lifespan for another 100 years, alongside the creation of safer and more accessible footpaths built using sustainable materials.
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