Morgan Sindall Construction gets started on £13m primary school

Morgan Sindall Construction has begun construction of a £13m primary school under a framework for City of Edinburgh Council.Broomhills Primary School will be built within one of three major development sites in Edinburgh. Development at Broomhills has contributed towards a rise in the population within the south east of the city, leading to pressures on the existing catchment areas of other local primary schools. The new school has a planned capacity of 420 children and the project also includes a specialist early years centre, with capacity for 80 nursery places.Architectural firm Holmes Miller has designed the 4,000m2 school, which will include 14 classrooms, spread across two storeys, as well as four general-purpose rooms, a seven-a-side sports pitch and large outdoor play area. The project will be using exclusively local supply chains, with all consultants involved based in Edinburgh.Work is expected to complete by next summer in time for the start of the 2020 academic year.