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Edrington unveils new Macallan Distillery as part of £500m investment


Kier Graham partnership secures a place on £750m Clyde Commercial Framework


The exterior of the distillery Picture courtesy of Ian Gavan


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drington, the international premium spirits company, has revealed the new distillery and visitor experience for


The Macallan. The development is located on the stunning Easter Elchies estate on Speyside, which has been home to the leading luxury single malt since 1824. From humble beginnings, the brand has risen to become the leading international single malt by value and enjoys leading positions in some of the world’s most significant Scotch whisky


markets including the US, Taiwan, and Japan. Edrington is investing £500m in the


brand, of which the £140m distillery is the centrepiece. This programme increases investment in whisky, warehousing, and particularly in The Macallan’s signature, sherry-seasoned oak casks. The distillery will enable production


of The Macallan to increase by a third if required. The new stills were crafted by Scottish coppersmiths Forsyths, who have been making the brand’s distinctive, ‘curiously small’ stills for The Macallan since the 1950s. The striking piece of contemporary


The Visitor Experience Picture courtesy of Mark Power


architecture is cut into the slope of the land, taking its cues from ancient Scottish hills and maximising the aesthetic beauty of the building while minimising the visual impact on the Speyside landscape, which has been classified as an Area of Great Landscape Value. The undulating timber roof structure is one of the most complicated timber roof structures in the world, comprising 380,000 individual components.


Brian McQuade, Managing Director for Scotland, Kier; Jacqui Rock, Commercial Director, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and Gary Holmes, Scotland Director, Graham


The Kier Graham joint venture (JV) has recently been appointed to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) prestigious new £750m Clyde Commercial Framework (CCF). Working in partnership, Kier Graham Defence will deliver building, civil engineering and mechanical and electrical works to the main HMNB Clyde at Faslane. The JV is one of only three


contractors to have been appointed to the DIO’s framework, on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. The 10-year programme includes a wide spectrum of project types, typically ranging from £10m to £90m in value; from standalone, new-buildings including accommodation and training facilities, through to complex refurbishments on nuclear infrastructure in high security and operational areas. The Clyde Commercial


Framework supports the DIO’s Commercial strategy that was launched in 2017.


Glasgow’s Hospice Brick by Brick Appeal hits £21m target


Champagne corks were popping recently at The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow with the fantastic news that the Brick by Brick Appeal had reached its £21m target. The hospice launched the appeal in 2012 to find the money to create a purpose-built facility on a 7.5-acre green site on land gifted by Glasgow City Council in Bellahouston Park. After six years of epic fundraising from individuals, groups and corporate


hospice supporters all across the country and as far afield as New York, the incredible figure of £21m has been reached in the biggest capital appeal in the UK by an independent hospice. The first hospice in the UK to be


built to the Scandinavian Sengetun model of care, it is set in Bellahouston Park and will lead the way in palliative care, offering a gold standard of care and support to 1200 new patients and families every year.


Ashley Thomson, Fundraising Manager; Rhona Baillie, Chief Executive; Charles Berry, Capital Appeal Group Chairman; Eva Bolander, Glasgow’s Lord Provost and President of the Hospice; Maureen Henderson, Chairman of the Hospice, and Heather Manson, Director of Fundraising. Picture courtesy of Martin Shields


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