| Schools construction project hails Dawn of a new era |
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| Tuesday, 04 September 2007 | |
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HDM Schools Solutions today reached financial close on a £60m construction contract together with the facilities management contract for two new secondary schools at Armadale Academy and Deans Community School, Livingston.
HDM Schools Solutions is a consortium comprising Dawn Construction, Hochtief PPP Solutions and Pacific Partners LLP.
Construction work on the two schools has now started and is expected to be completed by August 2009. The company is currently bidding for the £80m Inverclyde Schools PFI as part of the Inverclyde Community Partnership consortium, together with Laing Investment and Barr Construction. As part of the West Lothian Schools project Armadale Academy and Deans Community High School will be demolished and replaced with modern, state of the art buildings, enhanced by a wide range of new facilities including additional classrooms, games hall, dance studios, fitness rooms, swimming pools, full size all-weather synthetic pitches with outdoor changing facilities customised to meet the needs of local communities. The schools have a combined total of 2,300 pupils. |



