Edinburgh engineers to work on new whisky HQ

Edinburgh engineering firm Applied Engineering Design (AED) is taking part in a seven-figure project to create a West Lothian “local landmark” that will be the headquarters of the world’s tenth-largest Scotch whisky company.

AED will carr y out full structural and civil engineering services for the £4.5 million new corporate headquarters in Broxburn for Ian Macleod Distillers, a third-generation Scottish independent behind brands such as Tamdhu.

Working with Simon Laird Associates architects, AED( which has a turnover of £500,000 and ten staff ) will help create what “may become a new landmark for the industrial and commercial heartland of West Lothian”.

Two prominent glass towers will be included in the scheme, expected to complete in summer 2020.

A ED director Tim He the ring ton said the distiller has outgrown its nearby lo cation, adding: “This will be the biggest project A ED has undertaken, apart from a £7m instruction from T es co last year.”