Esh set to deliver modern learning and library space for Heriot-Watt

Representatives from Esh Border Construction and Heriot-Watt University met this week to celebrate the beginning of an extensive refurbishment project at the prestigious higher education establishment.Livingston-based Esh has been awarded the contract to completely transform the university’s Cameron Smail Library into a modern and welcoming learning environment for students, lecturers and support staff.The £4 million project will see Esh strip back the existing building, before constructing a new layout with replacement fixtures, fittings and decoration.Beginning on the ground floor, the project will be completed over five phases across each level of the live site, which is still being utilised by students and staff as a 24/7 learning resource and place of study.Works will also see the replacement of internal doors, the refurbishment of toilet facilities, and the addition of new windows, as well as new mechanical and electrical installations.Esh is working alongside architects Lewis and Hickey, quantity surveyors Turner & Townsend, structural engineers Peter Brett Associates, mechanical and electrical engineers RSP and project managers WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff.The Heriot-Watt projects follow a strong pipeline of work in the education sector for Esh Border Construction.