Contractors behind 17 closed Edinburgh schools agree settlement with council

By Will Ing2018-12-03T06:00:00

Aecom has been drafted in to inspect Amey’s work

The PFI consortium responsible for structural defects across a spate of Edinburgh schools has agreed to sweeping concessions in a settlement with the local authority.

Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP) comprises of Miller Construction, bought by Galliford Try in 2014, and Amey.

It operated 17 schools which were forced to close in 2016 following the discovery of defects after a wall at one of them, Oxgangs Primary School, dramatically collapsed (pictured).

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