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Gow Groundworks Ltd (formerly Alan Gow Groundworks) is a Scottish civil engineering firm specializing in groundworks. Incorporated in 2019 and based in Halkirk, Caithness (The Yard, Sordale, Thurso, KW12 6XB), it originated from a business founded in 2007 by Alan Gow. The company operates as part of the Gow Group, providing services including site preparation, earthworks, concrete foundations, drainage, utilities installation, hard landscaping, demolition, and engineering surveys across Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands.
With a focus on both principal contracting and subcontracting for private and public sector clients, Gow Groundworks supports infrastructure projects such as onshore wind farms. It has contributed to developments like RWE's Camster II, Golticlay, and Strathy North in northern Scotland, delivering turbine bases, enabling works, and local employment. Its SIC code is 41100 (Development of building projects).
Also known as Alan Gow Groundworks and Gow Earthworks.
36 MW onshore wind farm in Caithness now operational, powering ~51,000 homes; local contractors employed, community funds growing, peat-reinstatement trial and access improvements implemented.