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Civil · Utilities · Forestry

Dedication and excavation across the Highlands & Islands

Specialist groundworks, floating roads, bridges and reinstatement built for Scotland's most remote and demanding terrain.

What We Do

Engineered for the terrain

From deep peat to hard rock, we deliver the full scope of access and infrastructure works that remote Highland sites demand — self-delivered by our directly employed workforce and owned plant fleet.

01

Groundworks & Earthworks

Site clearance, bulk earthworks, working platforms and crane pads built to engineered tolerances.

02

Access & Estate Roads

Hill, forest and estate roads — construction, strengthening, drainage, bellmouths and passing places.

03

Floating Roads

Engineered access over deep peat, using geogrid and geotextile construction that protects the bog beneath.

04

Bridges & Crossings

Supply and installation of permanent and temporary bridges, culverts and watercourse crossings.

05

Utility Site Civils

Tower pads, substation compounds and access for energy projects — including safe working around live overhead lines.

06

Quarry Works

Drilling, blasting, crushing and screening on site — producing engineered fill where the ground allows.

07

Peatland Restoration

Hag reprofiling, peat dams and revegetation with low ground pressure plant, restoring degraded peatland.

08

Vegetation Control

Scrub clearance and mulching for clear, safe working corridors.

09

Paths & Walkways

Recreational access designed for durability and low impact.

10

Reinstatement

Heather, peatland and habitat reinstatement — leaving the land as we found it.

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Where we work

From Skye to the far north, we operate across the Highlands and Islands. Locations are shown by region to protect client confidentiality.

Number indicates projects delivered in each region

Regional view only. Precise site locations are not published to protect the privacy of our clients.

Wildfire Support

Fire breaks, when minutes matter

Wildfire risk in the Highlands is growing. We cut fire breaks both ways: at speed when a fire is running, and in advance so it never gets the chance.

Emergency response

When wildfire threatens, we mobilise tracked plant and experienced operators at short notice to cut fire breaks and open access for firefighting teams. With operators and machines based across the Highlands, we can have plant moving within hours of a call and sustain day and night working for as long as the emergency demands.

Urgent? Call 07872 475275

Proactive prevention

Outside the fire season we construct and maintain planned fire breaks around forestry, moorland, estates and infrastructure — vegetation removal, mulched breaks and access that lets responders reach the ground fast if the worst happens. Low ground pressure plant keeps the impact on the land to a minimum.

Plan fire breaks with us
Accredited & Trusted

Built on compliance

Triple ISO certified and Achilles registered, with a fully trained, directly employed workforce. Experienced as Principal Contractor under CDM 2015 and in working to utility clients’ safety parameters around live infrastructure.

ISO
9001

ISO 9001:2015

Quality Management Systems

ISO
14001

ISO 14001:2015

Environmental Management

ISO
45001

ISO 45001:2018

Occupational Health & Safety

Join the Team

We're hiring across the Highlands

Motivated operators wanted to support our site teams. CSCS preferred but not essential. We’re an accredited real Living Wage employer and train our own Modern Apprentices.

Excavator Driver

Support our site teams across the Highlands on varied civil and forestry works.

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Dumper Driver

Support our site teams across the Highlands on varied civil and forestry works.

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