BAM Construction Scotland Education Portfolio BAM CONSTRUCTION Schools Design & Build Experience
BAM Construction have been building in the UK since 1874. Schools, hospitals, university departments, hotels, laboratories, offices, cultural venues and museums… from the iconic to the purely functional.
We’re always focused on delivering locally, while able to draw on international expertise, resources and economies of scale.
In Scotland, we’ve constructed some exemplary buildings in recent years - from the stunning V&A Museum on the waterfront in Dundee to the iconic Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow. BAM developed the SFT Pathfinder Schools exemplars at Lasswade and Eastwood in 2013 and programmes of several new schools for East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire before delivering “Building Fife’s Future” new schools initiative.
We recently completed three outstanding Primaries, two for Glasgow and another for East Renfrewshire, and our Waid Community Campus project in Fife won the Education Project of the Year award in 2018. Last year we completed the outstanding Jedburgh Intergenerational Community Campus for Borders Council and we are currently finishing the new Madras High School in St Andrews on programme despite delays due to Covid.
Our credentials for quality design and build projects in the Schools sector, delivered on time and on budget, are therefore exemplary.
BAM: Building a sustainable tomorrow Primary School Experience MAIDENHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL
East Renfrewshire Council, 2019: £13m
Project Description Completed in the Summer of 2019, Maidenhill Primary School is located within a green field site owned by East Renfrewshire Council that forms part of the wider Maidenhill housing development master plan The school provides a two-stream non-denominational primary school for 444 pupils, together with a nursery for 120 children.
The circular nursery joined to one side of the school has its’ own central flexible space, which can be used for meals or as a fifth play / teaching space with its own small feature seating, and above the central space there is a small snug “treehouse” for storytelling and working with smaller groups of pupils.
As well as being a new educational centre for excellence, the campus provides assets to the new local community with access to external sport, educational and social spaces within the site.
Page 4 BLAIRDARDIE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Glasgow City Council, 2019: £12m
Project Description Blairdardie Primary School, completed during spring 2019 for Glasgow City Council and hubWS was designed by Holmes Miller, and is sited in the grounds of the school it replaces. The outstanding levels of co-operation and engagement with the existing school and community were particularly praised by Glasgow CC.
The striking new school is a prominent new landmark on Great Western Road and accommodates up to 462 pupils. It provides a truly inspiring and flexible learning environment that offers a fresh contemporary look and feel and has been constructed and finished to achieve a very high level of quality throughout. A four court gym hall provides additional functionality and value as this will be made available for the whole community.
Page 5 CARNTYNE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Glasgow City Council, 2019: £7m
Project Description Carntyne Primary School, completed summer 2019 for Glasgow City Council and hubWS, is a 2 storey building with mono pitched roof and brickwork façade. It was designed by architects Holmes Miller and is sited next to the school it replaces, requiring a second phase of hard and soft landscaping following building completion.
The new primary school, in the Carntyne area of Glasgow, is a new £7.1m education facility accommodating up to 231 pupils. The new school provides an inspiring learning environment with a fresh contemporary look and feel, coupled with a high quality finish throughout.
Page 6 OAKBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
Perth & Kinross Council, 2016: £9m
Project Description The project brief for Oakbank was ambitious in terms of the quality of the teaching space and environment requirements versus the allocated budget. As we were involved from the concept design stage, we were in a position to make design suggestions and put forward bold ideas for consideration by Perth & Kinross Council.
Designed by Holmes Miller Architects, whom we collaborated closely with from the concept design stage through to Construction, understanding and endorsing their approach to design delivery and managing the CDP elements and design production schedules.
We also worked effectively with Holmes Miller through our commitment to BIM on the project, where the production of coordinated design information was accelerated through interrogation of the 3D models by our respective teams.
Page 7 CRIEFF PRIMARY SCHOOL
Perth & Kinross Council, 2015: £9m
Project Description This 431 pupil primary school, complete with 60/60 nursery accommodation, was delivered in June 2015 for Perth & Kinross Council under the East Central Hub Territory Framework.
It is a steel framed two storey construction with brickwork predominant to the facade, broken by precast concrete feature panel areas and the extensive use of glass to provide natural light where possible.
Page 8 BURNTISLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
Fife Council, 2014: £11m
Project Description We successfully completed the new Burntisland Primary School as part of the Building Fife’s Future [BFF] Programme under the procurement banner of the East Central Hub. The school has a roll of 631 pupils together with an 80/80 nursery.
This project was handed over on time and within budget, with the final account agreed within 6 weeks of completion of the contract. The first phase of the project was the relocation of sports pitches and a play park on the site to allow the school to be constructed in the 2nd phase.
Page 9 ST EUNAN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2010: £10m
Project Description A new Primary School for 360 pupils with a 30:30 nursery built on the same site as the St Peter the Apostle High School.
St Eunan’s was designed by our team utilising a structural steel frame and composite concrete deck solution on a piled foundation design. The envelope consisted primarily of facing brick and aluminium glazing with metal cladding to areas less susceptible to impact damage. We principally used natural ventilation with a combination of underfloor and tempered air heating to ensure maximum flexibility of the building and achieved BREEAM “Very Good”, as defined by the Employer’s Requirements.
Page 10 NIDDRIE MILL & ST FRANCIS PRIMARY SCHOOLS
City of Edinburgh Council, 2008: £16m
Project Description A primary school campus to accommodate the re-development of Craigmillar, bringing the two schools together as well as increased pupil places for the expected increase in populous.
A building predominantly clad in masonry and precast concrete, it also provided a 60/60 nursery and facilities for community use.
We first started to see the curriculum for excellence inspiration in this design and our team had to work with the schools to gather support behind this concept as well as working with the community in what was a very emotive sea change for them in the coming together of these institutions.
Page 11 Secondary School Experience JEDBURGH INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CAMPUS
Borders Council, 2020: £32m
Project Description The new Jedburgh Campus was completed on time and budget for Scottish Borders Council early in 2020. The Campus is an innovative learning space which will serve 2 to 18 year olds, as well as providing further education opportunities and community facilities
It replaces all three schools in the town and will have provision for nursery, primary, secondary and additional support needs pupils. Community facilities include a multi-use games area, 2G hockey pitch, 3G sports pitch, 100m synthetic running track, 300m grass track and gym.
Alongside classrooms, there is a rural skills area, a flexible hall space that can be used for multiple activities such as community events, sport, dance or drama classes and a café. The public library and contact centre are also housed in the campus which aims to cater for all ages of the community in one location.
Page 13 WAID COMMUNITY CAMPUS
Fife Council, 2017: £22m
Project Description This replacement for Waid Academy provides secondary school accommodation for up to 800 pupils, along with a community library, local office and other council services, all under one roof. The development is designed to enhance opportunities for community learning and provide access to improved sports and recreational facilities, including a new all-weather pitch which will cater for football and rugby up to international standards.
The school responds to the Curriculum for Excellence with forward thinking approaches to learning environment in terms of class clusters, teaching pods and other open plan, inclusive concepts.
Page 14 BARRHEAD HIGH SCHOOL
East Renfrewshire Council, 2017: £27m
Project Description The new High School was built on the same site as an existing school on Aurs Road in Barrhead, in a 72 week Phase 1 programme and the old school was demolished to make way for new car parking, external space and sports facilities in Phase 2 of the contract.
The design follows the SFT Pathfinder Schools principals developed and delivered on BAM’s earlier exemplar projects at Eastwood and Lasswade.
The Sports and PE facilities house a Games Hall, Dance Studio and Gymnasium. These sports facilities are designed for generous use by the local community and externally include a 3G football and hockey pitch.
Page 15 OUR LADY & ST PATRICK’S HIGH SCHOOL
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2017: £24m
Project Description BAM completed the Design and Construction of Our Lady and St Patrick’s 1000 pupil High School for West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC), through Hub West of Scotland on time and within budget last October after a building period of 77 weeks on site.
The new Our Lady and St Patrick’s (OLSP) is sited in the Bellsmyre area of Dumbarton and features state of the art classrooms, an ICT suite, construction skills area, hospitality kitchen, outdoor teaching spaces and an allotment garden. Hub West of Scotland (hWS) procured the design team and ourselves to deliver Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School jointly with Barrhead High School in East Renfrewshire to provide savings for both local authorities.
Page 16 LEVENMOUTH ACADEMY
Fife Council, 2016: £39m
Project Description This 1,800 pupil High School, built on the site of the existing Buckhaven High School, brought together the pupils of Buckhaven and Kirkland High Schools to create the 2nd largest High School in Scotland.
The Academy was successfully handed over on 8 July 2016, on programme and within our Client’s budget to Fife Council under the East Central Hub Territory Framework.
This building comprises a steel framed construction with brickwork and aluminium cladding as the predominant treatments to the facade, broken by render feature panel areas and the extensive use of glass to provide natural light where possible.
Page 17 WINDMILL COMMUNITY CAMPUS
Fife Council, 2016: £25m
Project Description This school was the 3rd project delivered by BAM under Fife Council’s “Building Fife’s Future” Partnering Framework. The campus provides the East Kirkcaldy community with a new high school, library and local government office, while also being the new home to Rosslyn Assisted Needs School. It is a 24/7 facility that is used by the local community for events, clubs and sports.
The Campus within the one building concept brings together not just the Viewforth High School and Rosslyn Primary and ASN school, with its’ sensory garden, but also houses the former Kirkcaldy East Customer Service Local Office local government service office and the former Sinclartown Library, all in the same building, utilising the same basic building services and effectively all under the one roof.
Page 18 AUCHMUTY HIGH SCHOOL
Fife Council, 2014: £28m
Project Description The 1300 pupil Auchmuty High School is part of the Fife Council’s Building Fife’s Future programme to construct a series of schools throughout the County to deliver the Curriculum for Excellence in high quality, stimulating educational environments which are the hub of the community.
Jointly funded by the Scottish Futures Trust and Fife Council, the new school is a replacement for the original which opened in 1957. Located on a prominent site at the north east entrance to Glenrothes, the new school is a significant and successful addition to the townscape.
The design allows for flexibility in planning for the present and future; enables natural light and air to penetrate the full depth of the building; gives clear views throughout the internal and external spaces for passive policing, building management, security, student confidence and happiness.
Page 19 EASTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
East Renfrewshire Council, 2013: £28m
Project Description We successfully completed the new £28m Eastwood High School as part of the SFT Pathfinder Schools projects, the other being Lasswade Community Campus in Midlothian. Both projects were handed over on time and within budget, with the final account agreed for Eastwood prior to completion of the School Block.
The 1,200 pupil Eastwood High School provides a modern, almost college type approach to teaching. The project also involved the creation of an athletics facility with 2 all-weather pitches as well as a ‘wrap around’ extension to the existing sports centre.
This site was located within a mature and established park environment, which had challenging topography and also a water course bounding the site.
Page 20 LASSWADE COMMUNITY CAMPUS
Midlothian Council, 2013: £34m
Project Description Lasswade High School & Community Campus and Eastwood High School were tendered as the Pathfinder Schools projects for the Scottish Futures Trust [SFT] on behalf of Midlothian and East Renfrewshire Councils, in direct consultation with the Scottish Government. Both projects and their delivery were well received and delivered on time to satisfied clients and end users.
Lasswade is a true community hub with the school sharing facilities such as the library, café, meeting facilities, gymnastics academy, sports facilities and swimming pool with the local community.
Page 21 DUNFERMLINE HIGH SCHOOL
Fife Council, 2013: £35m
Project Description BAM completed the new Dunfermline High School for Fife Council as part of Building Fife’s Future [BFF] Programme. This £35m project was the first project completed under this framework, it was delivered on time and within budget, under a SBCC with Quantities traditional form of contract.
The new 1800 pupil school building was constructed within the grounds of the existing high school within a residential area of Dunfermline. The school remained live and operational at all times. This project established an excellent relationship with Fife Council which has been maintained over a number of subsequent projects.
Page 22 PARK MAINS HIGH SCHOOL
Renfrewshire Council, 2013: £25m
Project Description Park Mains High School is a new 1400 pupil secondary school for Renfrewshire council in Erskine.
From a site start in January 2011, construction ran until July 2013. The project began with the removal of an astroturf pitch, formation of a new hockey pitch for the schools use during the construction of the new school. After the opening of the new school, BAM demolished the old school and installed 3g playing fields for use by the school and the community.
Park Mains High School was designed to be the flagship school for Renfrewshire Council. This would be set as the standard for schools throughout the local authority. BAM were tasked with achieving BREEAM Very Good but through work with our supply chain we managed to achieve BREEAM Excellent.
Page 23 DUMBARTON ACADEMY
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2013: £15m
Project Description This high school was constructed in the grounds of the existing Victorian school, using a precast concrete frame and envelope construction to all areas, which we selected in our role as D&B Contractor. This robust finish both internally and externally offered a low maintenance solution for our Client.
The overall GIFA for the school was 10,331m² and designed for a school roll of 720 pupils. This equates to 14.3m² per pupil which is above the 12m² advised by SFT. This result is skewed however by the communal sports areas which have been constructed and serve a dual purpose of facilities for both the school and local community.
Page 24 CLYDEBANK HIGH SCHOOL
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2011: £28m
Project Description One of four schools constructed as part of the West Dunbartonshire PPP Schools programme, Clydebank High School is a direct replacement for its existing namesake.
Designed for a complement of 1,500 pupils and 200 staff, the three-storey building was constructed on the existing sports pitches, the existing school building was demolished and state-of-the-art all weather sports facilities including two synthetic sports pitches and one grass football pitch were created.
The main entrance and admin facilities are contained within a feature oval drum signalling the school as a landmark within the local community. A simple plan of three main wings, each with clear circulation routes, disguises a complex interdependency of departments and complimentary educational facilities, with flexible space allowing separation of school and community services.
Page 25 VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2010: £25m
Project Description The Vale of Leven Academy was constructed in 111 weeks, including demolition and landscaping on the site of the old High School close to the centre of Alexandria, adjacent to a railway line and busy arterial road.
Formed in a “street and finger” design over two stories with teaching and technical blocks, gymnasium, assembly hall, library and administration areas, this £25m project also included a full size synthetic sports pitch, smaller 5-a-side football pitches and grass football and rugby fields with extensive off site road works. The sports and recreational areas are open to the community outwith teaching hours.
Page 26 ST PETER THE APOSTLE HIGH SCHOOL
West Dunbartonshire Council, 2009: £35m
Project Description BAM have successfully completed the new St Peter the Apostle High School in Clydebank near Glasgow for West Dunbartonshire Council and BAM PPP.
This £35m bespoke design and build PPP contract encompassed the building of a new high school to house 1700 pupils within the grounds of the existing St Columba High School. Adjacent land which was previously used as landfill and classed as contaminated was remediated and utilised to create outdoor sports facilities. All school facilities are available for community use.
Page 27 HERMITAGE ACADEMY
Argyll & Bute Council, 2008: £29m
Project Description Hermitage Academy was constructed on a green field site on the south east perimeter of Helensburgh, adjacent to exclusive private housing.
Comprising three storey teaching and technical blocks along with gymnasiums, assembly hall, library and administration areas, this £29m project also included two full size synthetic sports pitches, off site road works and service diversions. The finished result is a clean, modern building providing an interesting learning environment which is open to the community outwith teaching hours.
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