{"id":154572,"date":"2025-08-29T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=154572"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:00:54","slug":"over-1000-projects-scottish-construction-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/over-1000-projects-scottish-construction-pipeline\/154572\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 projects in Scottish construction pipeline, totalling \u00a318bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pipeline.scottishfuturestrust.org.uk\/#:~:text=The%20Construction%20Pipeline%20Forecast%20Tool%20provides%20a%20look,in%20partnership%20with%20industry%20and%20public%20sector%20bodies.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">construction pipeline forecast tool<\/a> shows that Scotland currently has planned projects worth more than \u00a318bn<\/h2>\n<p>Data from the Scottish Futures Trust shows that the Scottish construction pipeline is currently very strong, with 1,192 projects up to 2035.<\/p>\n<p>This includes \u00a37.2bn, which will be delivered by 2030, and of which 63% will be procured through existing frameworks.<\/p>\n<h3>Aiding business plans through clarity<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-technology-news\/construction-pipeline-forecast\/103590\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The tool was created in 2021<\/a> to bring further clarity to businesses in the construction sector, allowing easier creation of future plans and certainty.<\/p>\n<p>Claire Pollock, data &amp; insights manager at the Scottish Futures Trust, said: \u201cThe 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\u2019s construction pipeline to support the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-nista-infrastructure-pipeline-tool-launched\/153177\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NISTA infrastructure pipeline tool<\/a> was launched earlier this year with a similar intent for the UK at large, gathering data from 40 government departments.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones MP said: \u201cLast month, I set out a comprehensive ten-year strategy to restore confidence in the UK\u2019s capacity to provide the infrastructure we need to renew Britain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDelivering 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis pipeline brings industry on that journey with us \u2013 by giving business leaders and investors confidence about future work and therefore the confidence to invest in their workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Many important projects in Scotland<\/h3>\n<p>In September last year, data from Diamond &amp; Company found that there were still more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/5000-high-rise-buildings-scotland-still-covered-flammable-cladding\/143615\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 private and public buildings<\/a> standing taller than 11m that have dangerous flammable cladding in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, in April, the Scottish &amp; Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/ssen-announce-scottish-electricity-distribution-investment\/150163\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distribution investment<\/a> over nine sub-regions of the North of Scotland network licence area.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this investment, five companies have been appointed to the programme to upgrade, renew, and reinforce the network\u2019s overhead lines and wooden poles, along with the substations and underground network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish construction pipeline tool has revealed a healthy workload for the country extending to 2035, and valuing \u00a318bn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":154573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[908,579,172848],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-infrastructure","10":"tag-scotland"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over 1,000 projects in Scottish construction pipeline, totalling \u00a318bn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Scottish construction pipeline tool has revealed a healthy workload for the country extending to 2035, and valuing \u00a318bn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/over-1000-projects-scottish-construction-pipeline\/154572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 1,000 projects in Scottish construction pipeline, totalling \u00a318bn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Scottish construction pipeline tool has revealed a healthy workload for the country extending to 2035, and valuing \u00a318bn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/over-1000-projects-scottish-construction-pipeline\/154572\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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