Taiga Upland

2 hours ago

What does it take to deliver a large-scale forestry programme?

One contractor doing the whole job properly.

Our excavators are out across Scotland this season — on ground preparation, mulching, forest roads and infrastructure. Taiga Upland is built to take on the whole package, not just one piece of it. One contractor, one standard, one point of accountability. The handovers between disciplines stay inside our own team instead of being passed between separate contractors, which is where the risk on big programmes really sits.

We've got the scale to back it up. 30 forest-ready excavators in the fleet. A team of nearly 60 across the enterprise. Multiple full-time crews, directly employed, with the workshop and supervision to keep everything running through the season.

For foresters running serious programmes, that's the difference.

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Taiga Upland

3 days ago

Why do the small details on a fence matter as much as the big stretches?

Because they're where the fence really earns its keep.

On any fencing job the whole boundary counts, but some bits count for more — gates, pedestrian access, vehicle access, deer grids, watergates. These are the points where the fence interacts with people, stock, water and the wider environment, and they're the points where the long-term function gets decided.

Getting them right is mostly planning and problem-solving up front, followed by careful workmanship on the day. Done well, they keep working for years. Done badly, they're the first thing to fail.

It's the small things that make the difference, even on the biggest projects. That's why our customers get function and quality, every time.

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Taiga Upland

5 days ago

What does a tough winter on the peatlands actually look like?

It looks like 406 hectares of bog restored on a remote upland site near Loch Rannoch — phases 1 and 2 of one of the biggest peatland restoration projects we've ever taken on, now coming to a close.

The team has been working at between 570 and 650 metres of elevation, on exposed ground, in conditions that didn't make anything easy. Tens of thousands of metres of hag and gully reprofiling, thousands of dams installed, surface bunding across the bare peat pans. Long days on the hill, getting it right.

It's been a real collaboration with our friends at Caledonian Climate , who designed the project. Good communication every step of the way — that's what gets a project this size delivered on programme when the weather is against you.

Phases 3 and 4 to come.

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