Standard of Scottish school conditions reaches record high
A record number of pupils in Scotland are now being taught in schools in good or satisfactory condition, latest Scottish Government figures show.
Statistics show...
The Glasgow Academy unveils plans for £12m campus upgrade
PLANS have been launched to enhance the Anniesland Sporting Campus in a £12 million project.
The Glasgow Academy development focuses on three areas within the...
Edinburgh Futures Institute restoration offers hope for bright future
UKRAINIAN refugees who were given an opportunity to work on the restoration of the 19th century Edinburgh Futures Institute by Balfour Beatty are now employed...
£4.6 million extension complete at Edinburgh primary school
A £4.6 million extension to Frogston Primary in Edinburgh has delivered six new classrooms along with additional office and breakout space to support the...
Double joy for Hub South East projects at education awards
TWO Hub South East projects won accolades at the Learning Places Scotland Awards this week.
Blackridge and St Mary’s Early Years Centres in West Lothian...
Loan secured for build of 48-room student accommodation scheme in Aberdeen
ATELIER has announced completion of a £4.7 million loan for the development of a 48-room purpose built student accommodation scheme in Aberdeen.
The loan, structured...
Project management team appointed for new Fife College campus
GARDINER & Theobald has been appointed to project manage the Fife College element of the Dunfermline Learning Campus.
The relocation of the campus to the...
Fife firm completes £1m fit-out contract at new £68m campus
DUNFERMLINE-based fit-out specialist Deanestor has completed a contract worth over £1 million for Morrison Construction for the manufacture and installation of fixed furniture for The Barony...
Carefully designed landscape helps shape outdoor learning at Caledonia High
LANDSCAPE architecture practice OOBE has revealed its role in helping to shape the new £88 million Caledonia High School in Rosyth.
Working alongside architects AHR,...
Hub Scotland education infrastructure success highlighted on eve of Glasgow event
ON the eve of this year’s Learning Places Scotland and EdTech conference and exhibition, it has been revealed that the national hub programme is...
Morgan Sindall welcomes University of Glasgow framework success
MORGAN Sindall Construction has expressed its delight at winning a place on the University of Glasgow’s new £250 million capital projects framework.
The main contractor...
Project to deliver flagship Alloa campus makes ‘significant’ progress
'SIGNIFICANT' progress is being made on the build of Clackmannanshire Council's flagship learning, leisure, and wellbeing campus in Alloa.
Scheduled to open next year, the...
Maxi starts work on first CCS framework contract for West Lothian College
MAXI Construction has commenced work on a mezzanine level extension to the existing Skills Centre for West Lothian College in Livingston.
It is the firm's...
Work to begin on revamp of Strathclyde Park’s Watersports Centre
WORK is set to get underway next month on the redevelopment of the Watersports Centre at Strathclyde Country Park in North Lanarkshire.
The project is...
New Passivhaus primary school set to open in Irvine
ROBERTSON Construction Central West has completed the new £21 million Montgomerie Park Primary School in Irvine for North Ayrshire Council.
The facility - the first...
Junior school and surrounding grounds provide ‘unique development opportunity’ in Kilmacolm
St Columba’s School has instructed Shepherd Chartered Surveyors to market for sale its junior school and areas of the surrounding grounds in Kilmacolm, providing...
New Glasgow student scheme begins to take shape
DRONE footage has captured the construction progress being made in the build of new student accommodation at 292-298 St Vincent Street, Glasgow.
The project is...
Plans for Elgin High School extension scrapped
PLANS to build an extension to Elgin High School have been ditched in favour of an internal repurposing project.
The proposed extension, which was first...
Work resumes to convert former Shakespeare Street school building
WORK on the third and final stage of a new residential development close to Glasgow’s west end has resumed, which is set to preserve...
Queen Margaret University to transform learning spaces in £2.1m project
MORRIS & Spottiswood has commenced work on a £2.1 million project to enhance Queen Margaret University's (QMU) Musselburgh campus.
The £2.1 million future spaces project is...
