Power men have "found" the end of Beauly-Denny line.
The Beauly Denny team celebrated a significant milestone this week, having completed all 539 tower foundations in the Scottish Hydro Electric (SHE) Transmission section.
The completion of the final foundation of the highly controversial development - located near Amulree, Crieff - has brought to an end three years of mud, sweat and toil for the 140 workers making up the Balfour Beatty foundation teams.
The foundation teams have poured 67,000 cubic metres of concrete, enough to fill 27 Olympic swimming pools, to cement 2,156 tower legs into position.
Alastair Brand, Beauly Denny Project Director, explained: “We are delighted to have completed all tower foundations in our area following a challenging programme of works.
“The foundation teams have battled through Highland winters along with working on challenging terrain including bogs and mountain sides to reach their goal, I am very impressed with their efforts which keep the project on programme to be completed in autumn 2015.”
The 220 kilometre Beauly Denny project is programmed to be completed in November 2015 following the construction and energisation of the 30 kilometres section linking new substations at Braco and Denny.
Said Mr Brand: “Since starting in 2010, the project has contributed over £100 million to the Scottish economy and has supported the full time equivalent of 1500 jobs including direct employment within local communities.”
For the latest transmission line planned for Badenoch, see this week’s Strathy (out Thursday).
