More environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland could pave the way for increased economic development in parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, while mitigating disruption to the natural ecosystem and captured carbon dioxide.
Alternative foundation methods, including timber piles, are being explored to allow peatland to be retained when new housing is built in rural and remote Scottish locations
A research consortium involving Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University, with support from the Highland Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), Construction Scotland Innovation...
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