FIRST minister John Swinney has officially opened Dundee City Council’s £100 million Drumgeith Community Campus and Greenfield Academy, delivered by Robertson Construction Tayside.
The facility opened to students and the community in August at the start of the new academic year.
Drumgeith Community Campus features a library, games halls, gyms, floodlit 3G football and rugby all-weather pitches, a fitness suite, and a dance studio.
Greenfield Academy, the new secondary school within the campus, brings together Braeview Academy and Craigie High School. The campus provides specialist pupil support provision, as well as citywide music and performing arts. Youth work is a key part of the campus with the communities service delivering a range of activities aimed at providing safe spaces for young people, supporting skill development, and increasing opportunities.
Robertson revealed that over 70% of the construction workforce came from within a 40-mile radius of the site, while £66.35 million of total project spend went to subcontractors and suppliers located within 40 miles of the campus.
John Swinney said, “Drumgeith Community Campus is one of the biggest school infrastructure projects to ever be delivered in Scotland. Supported by £40.2 million from the Scottish Government’s £2 billion Learning Estate Investment Programme, the campus will improve opportunities for young people, providing them with a high-quality place to learn and achieve. It’s great to see how campus will also benefit the wider community in the east of Dundee, offering state-of-the-art facilities for leisure, learning and fitness.”
Elliot Robertson, CEO, Robertson Group, added, “Drumgeith Community Campus shows what can be achieved when the focus is on high quality facilities, strong environmental performance and long-term benefit for the community. As the first building constructed to Passivhaus standard in Dundee City Council’s education estate, it’s a project with sustainability at its core, from the green steel in the ASN block to the extensive solar panels, helping to create a campus with a lower carbon impact and reduced running costs.”
Council leader Mark Flynn commented that, since opening, a full programme of evening and weekend activities have been held, including community events, leisure classes, library sessions, and youth diversionary activities.
Drumgeith Community Campus was delivered through Procurement Hub Major Projects 2 Framework.
