{"id":3949,"date":"2025-07-28T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/?page_id=3949"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:46:15","slug":"portfolio-city-of-edinburgh-council-hpl-panel-replacement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/?page_id=3949","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio: Scottish Canals | Falkirk Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3949\" class=\"elementor elementor-3949\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ee9ac6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ee9ac6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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data-id=\"fa2619d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a678b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6a678b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Client:<\/strong>\u00a0Scottish Canals<\/p><p><strong>Project Value<\/strong> \u00a3157,000<\/p><p><strong>Project Timescale:<\/strong>\u00a0 8 weeks<\/p><p><strong>Architect:<\/strong>\u00a0Smith Scott Mullan Associates<\/p><p><strong>Quantity Surveyor:<\/strong>\u00a0Thomson Bethune<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d33c7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93d33c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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We worked closely with the client\u2019s design team including the architect Smith Scott Mullan Associates and our specialist contractors.<\/p><p>Emma Neilson, Development Manager at Scottish Canals, said: \u201cReally delighted to receive PC and just wanted to take the opportunity to say a huge thanks to everyone involved in delivering this project. 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