Project:

Potterrow School of Informatics

Client: University of Edinburgh

Value: £37.5m

Contract: Design and Build (Nov)

Duration: 24 months

Balfour Beatty’s relationship with the University of Edinburgh is that we have enjoyed a continuous presence on site within their estate over each of the past 12 years. Over this period the company has executed over two dozen contracts of a total value of around £150m.

The Potterrow project is the latest of these awards and comprises of a new centralised School of Informatics (which was originally located in 5 different buildings) consisting of offices, meeting rooms, specialist laboratories and a large internal atrium therefore greatly improving academic interaction.

This school is the leading one of its kind in the United Kingdom with a top 5* rating and is the fourth most respected informatics department in the world.

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