Civil engineering firm Jones Bros has started work on the final phase of a £4.2 million wind farm in Perth & Kinross.
The seven-turbine 14MW Tullymurdoch wind farm is being developed on behalf of Element Power in Perthshire.
As the project is located in an environmentally sensitive site, this meant Jones Bros had to ensure one of the turbines was erected ahead of the exclusion period to avoid delays.
Having achieved its target, all foundations are now in place on site and turbine deliveries are underway for the remaining structures.
Jones Bros Regional Manager, Garod Evans, said: "We faced a fair few weather challenges including multiple snow falls to stay on schedule. The team have done an incredible job to avoid falling behind the timetable.
"We are on course to hand over an operational site by the end of June.
"As well as the turbine foundations, we also widened sections and added new passing places to a four-mile single-track access road. As soon as the trial run was successful we gave the green light for deliveries to start.
"The contract also included the construction of a 6m by 11m substation. Our in-house civil engineering operatives built the structure, and we employed a local contractor for roofing, plastering, and other interior works."
Mr Evans continued: "Before the site is handed over to Element Power, we will return it to its previous state. This will include finishing off the drainage, re-instating peaty turves around the crane pads, and re-grading and tidying the borrow pit, which was a quarry used to extract rock, which cut down on 800 vehicular journeys to and from the site.
"The team will also install high-voltage cabling and link it to the substation."
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