It has been a good day on the Mareel site. After 6 months of work under the ground it’s now all go above. A significant milestone in any construction project is the point that the first blocks are laid. That milestone was reached today.
The underground work has gone well and apart from some minor…
Read the rest...Its been a while since the last update on the construction of Mareel so here is the latest news.
Piling works were completed on Friday 21st August.
Car park – rock excavation has been completed and work started on grading the site to underside of base course (the level before the final surface – tarmac…
Our main contractor and their piling subcontractor are making good progress. The major groundworks are now well underway with the piling contractor busy drilling down to bed rock, then filling the deep narrow holes with reinforced concrete. These 100+ piles will effectively provide a set of stilts that the building will sit on.
Read the rest...As of this weekend anyone with an interest in Shetland’s largest public art project will be able to keep up with its progress on a new web site, www.mirriedancers.com
Mirrie Dancers, commissioned by Shetland Arts, invites the public to join with artists Nayan Kulkarni and Roxane Permar in creating a series of lightworks that…
You can now make donations to Shetland Arts online through The Big Give website. The great thing about online donations is that Shetland Arts can claim Give Aid. This means that for every pound given, Shetland Arts will receive an extra 28p from the HM Revenue & Customs, helping each donation go further at no…
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