The final stage of an innovative apartment block project has been completed in the Highlands.

The social housing scheme in Kendal Court, Alness was developed and designed by Inverness-based JNESpace.

The units were built by Carbon Dynamic.

Councillors visited the site on 25 November and witnessed the final block of apartments being installed.

The project is unique, as it delivers fully assembled buildings which are ready for tenants to move into on delivery to site.

Each one-bedroom sustainable apartment was built and fitted out in Carbon Dynamic’s Invergordon factory.

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Both the energy efficiency rating and environmental impact rating have been certificated band A+ – exceeding Scotland’s average of band D homes, meaning the apartments have very low running costs and CO2 emissions.

Councillor Audrey Sinclair said: "We hope this will be the first of many more such sustainable social housing projects. These units are high quality, easy to install and extremely well-insulated making them inexpensive to heat.

"They can be quickly built to a high standard meaning less waste and less cost, the off-site construction and delivery also means less disruption to communities with tenants moving soon after they have been installed."

JNESpace and Carbon Dynamic also worked with Simpson Builders in Beauly who constructed the site works ahead of installation, Inverness blacksmiths DMH for the pre-fabricated stairs and balconies and Treecraft Woodwork in Dornoch for the windows.

The architectural and engineering design work was carried out by HRI Architects and Fairhurst, with the modular structural engineering provided by Applied Engineering Design (AED) of Edinburgh.

(LM/MH)