An Economic Profile of the Glenrothes Area - Home Page
An Economic Profile of the Glenrothes Area - Home Page
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• A £16 million redevelopment <strong>of</strong> Adam Smith College’s Stenton Campus was <strong>of</strong>ficiallyopened in September 2010. State-<strong>of</strong>-<strong>the</strong>-art teaching laboritories, testing facilities, motorvehicle, engineering and construction trade workshops are now housed in <strong>the</strong> college’snew Construction,Science and Engineering department.• A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant is being constructed at Tullis Russell inMarkinch. Scheduled for completion in 2012 <strong>the</strong> new plant will replace <strong>the</strong> existing coalfiredplant. The new biomass plant is anticipated to reduce <strong>the</strong> company’s annual CO 2emissions by 250,000 tonnes, which is 70% <strong>of</strong> current levels. It will also meet 6% <strong>of</strong>Scotland’s renewable generation targets.• In June 2010 Fife Council purchased <strong>the</strong> former ADC building at Bankhead. This newfacility is a depot hub, bringing tog<strong>the</strong>r services from 8 locations as part <strong>of</strong> Fife Council’s<strong>of</strong>fice rationalisation programme. The <strong>of</strong>fice space (phase one) was fitted out andoccupied by December 2011, whilst <strong>the</strong> second phase to redevelop <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> buildingto form a depot will commence in summer 2012.• In <strong>the</strong> summer <strong>of</strong> 2009 ASDA opened a supermarket in Glenro<strong>the</strong>s.• Construction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new NHS Glenwood Health Centre on Napier Road was completed inAugust 2011. The Health Centre consists <strong>of</strong> a single storey dental centre for specialistand routine dental care, car parking, and a two storey health centre.• In Southfield Industrial Estate <strong>the</strong>re is currently construction taking place to erect anagricultural machinery storage and distribution centre, showroom, workshop andgatehouse with staff welfare facility.Map 6: Geographic Location <strong>of</strong> Key Developments in <strong>the</strong> Glenro<strong>the</strong>s <strong>Area</strong>Source: Enterprise, Planning and Protective Services, Fife Council18