Project
ROSLIN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Construction
Education
Scotland
Client
Midlothian Council
Value
£6,800,000
Architect
AHR
Design and construction of a new build, BREEAM Very Good, Roslin Primary School
Roslin Primary School is an eleven-room, two-stream primary school and nursery funded through the Schools for Future programme. It can accommodate 267 primary pupils and boasts an all-weather, multi-use games area.
The works included all furnishings and equipment, site development and servicing, substructure, superstructure, internal finishes, fitments, furnishes and equipment, services and associated external works including MUGA, sports pitch with flood lighting, and car parking facilities.
The materials used included a simple palette of white render, rainscreen and curtain walling.
The new school is respectful of the surrounding residential neighbours and has been constructed as a single-storey building for the teaching accommodation wings. The roofscape of the larger volumes of the assembly hall and expressive arts area has been minimised to maintain the sight lines to the Pentlands wherever possible.
The project also includes the demolition of the existing school building following the decant to the new build facility.
The site, surrounded by residential properties, was occupied by the existing primary school, which remained operational throughout. The development was phased to construct the new school, with the demolition of the existing building being the final phase. To reduce the traffic flow, we used off-site storage and parking. Once the site was ready, a bankman and escort vehicle guided vehicles through the residential area.
Community Engagement
We performed several interactive construction site safety talks. Talks were given to every pupil in Roslin Primary School from Nursery to P7. Following on from this a poster competition was held. One pupil from each year group was selected to have their poster printed onto the site hoarding.
We work hard to integrate our construction partners into the project team, on this occasion this is certainly something that we were able to achieve due to the mindset of your team. They approached the project with integrity and commitment from the start. They brought with them a refreshing customer focused approach, something that I was beginning to think we had lost in the construction industry.
