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Restoration of an historic weir across the River Tyne and related mill lade, pond and tail race for National Trust for Scotland and in consultation with SEPA and Forth Salmon Fisheries Board. As far as practicable stones used in its original construction were collected from the river bed and re-used. Breaches were re-formed with a mortared rubble core and finished to match the existing face work with a hydraulic lime mortar. A new Larinier type fish pass was incorporated to aid the migration of fish upstream.

New salt graduation tower for Peacock Salt Ltd, situated on the coast at Ayr docks. The tower serves as an alternative stage in the salt purification process, increasing the salinity of brine by utilising the environment for evaporation. We were responsible for the structural design of the tower and concrete support basin, working closely with the timber supplier to develop the overall design and details. For further information, see www.blackthornsalt.co.uk.

Following the restoration of Aviemore Railway Station, our client commissioned E&Co in 2000 to design a railway for ! size steam trains in Gardens open to the public, including 3 km track, station, engine shed, ticket office, tunnel, timber viaduct and bridge. 

Communities Scotland funded Cloch Housing Association to commission 87 units of housing for rent and 2 special needs units to be design on sustainable principles, adjacent to a railway line. The site had a history of flooding, and the drainage infrastructure was at capacity so E&Co designed the first SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage System) to be adopted by a local authority in Scotland, which enabled the development and has proved to mitigate flooding in adjacent areas.

E&Co were directly commissioned by Historic Scotland for the restoration and conversion of a substantial complex of C18th and C19th textile mills. Over 12 years this work encompassed sensitive conservation of the Arkwright Bell Mill, conversion of the East Mill and part of the Mid Mill into housing (for the Phoenix Trust), associated roads, and infrastructure works, restoration of the lades system and proposals for the reinstallation of one of the water wheels, and finally the development of the Arkwright Bell Mill into storage facilities and a visitor centre, opened in Spring 2008.