Telford College, Edinburgh

What: Telford College campus in Edinburgh, the largest purpose-built college to be built in Scotland for over 30 years. The new facility replaces Telford’s four existing campuses. It will cater for 20,000 students and 600 staff.

How much: £50m

Contract: SBCC/JCT with contractor’s design

When: Work started in February 2004 and was completed in May of this year. Scottish first minister Jack McConnell officially opened the campus last month.

Who: Client: The Board of Management of Edinburgh’s Telford College, project manager: Faithful & Gould, contractor: ISG Interior Exterior, architect: HOK, cost consultant: Doig & Smith, M&E Engineer: Max Fordham, structural engineer: Buro Happold

PM view: “What was unique about this project was the range of facilities that were required on one site. Practical courses are a huge percentage of the college’s offering, so a number of different tailor-made teaching facilities had to be created under one roof. These ranged from joinery, welding and plastering units for the Building and Engineering department to hair and beauty teaching salons, which are open to the public,” – Kerr Simpson, senior project manager, Faithful+Gould.

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