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Albyn School Redevelopment Project
January 23 2012
January 17 2012
The front entrance has made some good progress over the last few weeks with the glass being installed at the weekend. Over the next week there should be some significant activity and we should start to see the wonderful new entrance to Albyn School.
December 16 December 2011
Below are some updated photos of the front entrance including the new first floor which will be open to the pupils for the new year.
November 16 2011
The front entrance at Albyn School is making steady progress, the glass is expected in the next few weeks and we should start to see the brand new face of Albyn School. The classrooms in the new classroom block are taking shape and is all on schedule.
October 13 2011
September 22 2011
On Thursday 22 September 2011, Councillor Jill Wisely officially opened the new Albyn School Nurseries and Science Laboratories. The ceremony marked the end of the first phase of the redevelopment project, one of the most significant periods of development in the school’s 144 year history. The Chairman of the Governors, Headmaster, Senior Management team and science and nursery staff were also joined by representatives from the companies who are involved with the project; Archial, HFM, McLeod and Aitken, Robertson and Wallace Whittle.
September 19 2011
Front Entrance
Classroom Block
Links
New Nurseries Open week commencing 12 September
September 2 2011
August 26 2011
August 19 2011
The new term is about to commence and the first phase of the building project is now complete. There are now 3 new science labs ready for the start of term. The new links are nearing completion and the new toddler nursery will be finished in a few weeks time. One of the more visible aspects of the project over the summer has been the demolishing of the existing front entrance. In the next few weeks scaffolding will be erected and construction will begin on a new front entrance. In the playground a steel structure has begun to take shape and will eventually become the new classroom block.
August 11 2011
August 5 2011
July 21 2011
July 15 2011
July 13 2011
July 4 2011
June 28 2011
June 24 2011
This week at Albyn there has been a lot of developments on the building site. Preparations are underway for the demolition of the existing front entrance and links between no 17-19 and 19-21 due to take place next week. The piling for the new Upper School block will also begin next week.
June 17 2011
June 14 2011
Mid week update
The science labs have now taken shape with the roof being completed and plasterboard going up in each of the new labs. The new Harriet House nursery is making better progress this week as seen below.
June 10 2011
June 8 2011
Mid-week update
June 3 2011
This week work on the science labs has progressed very quickly, the timber kits are now up along with the windows. Next week internal works will begin. On the new Harriet House, the foundations have been laid, block work has begun and the steelwork will be going up this weekend.
June 1 2011
Mid-week update!
May 27 2011
Here’s some photos from the progress this week.
May 20 2011
This week the brick work under the Oliver Wing was completed and the staffrooom will be demolished within the next few days. Roof work on the labs is on going as is the laying of foundations.
May 13 2011
This week work momentarily ceased on the building site with the Foundation Stone laying ceremony on Thursday 12 May 2011. Professor Celso Grebogi was the guest of honour with the school Governors, science staff, the senior management team and representatives from Robertson Eastern (our main building contractor), Archial (architect), McLeod and Aitken (quantity surveyors) and our project manager Mr Gordon Milne all in attendance.
After a successful ceremony work continued on casting the floors in the science labs and garage. The roof structure of the science labs is being constructed and in the Oliver Wing excavations have continued with a focus on the service distributions. In the next week we expect that the existing staffroom of the Oliver Wing will be demolished.
May 6 2011
This week the concrete has been laid for the foundations for the labs, in the Oliver Wing excavations have been taking place to prepare the foundations. A new fence will be up next week as work will commence on the existing staff room of the Oliver Wing.
April 28 2011
This week the progress on the new labs continued as well as the preparations for the new Harriet House nursery. The builders have been working on the roof for the labs as well as the initial brick work and have taken down further walls inside the existing garages. The foundations for the new Harriet House are being prepared, as is the new staff area for the nursery staff. Let’s hope the good weather continues!
April 21 2011
This week partitions have been placed between the existing science labs and the Oliver Wing nursery. All pupils have been advised to use the alternative gate to access the labs. The new fire exit in the ante pre-school is working well with the children enjoying the new access to the play area.
April 14 2011
Over the Easter holidays the builders have made noticeable progress on the science labs and new nursery. Work has continued on the construction of new science laboratories with foundations laid and steel being delivered to site to create a new roof structure. Work has also just begun on clearing the area behind the former janitor’s house in preparation for the new Harriet House nursery adjacent to the Oliver Wing. An additional fire exit has been created in the ante-pre school to provide an emergency means of escape into the Oliver Wing garden once the rear entrance of the Oliver Wing is closed off.
April 1 2011
This week work continued on preparing the ground for the laying of the foundations of the labs which will begin soon. In addition, next week the builders will begin putting up fencing around the garden beside the Oliver Wing and the existing science labs and their portakabins will arrive on site.
March 25 2011
This week the back wall between the environmental garden and the new laborotories was removed and work continued on preparing the ground for the laying of the foundations which will take place next week.
March 18 2011
This week work continued on fully removing the wall between the Harriet House garden and the science labs. The ground is being prepared for laying the foundations for the 3 new science labs in the next few weeks.
March 7 2011
The Albyn School Redevelopment Project finally began this week with the contractors, Robertson, taking possession of the site behind Harriet House. A high fence has now been put up to segregate the builders’ compound from the rest of the School and behind this the builders have been getting to work. The tree in the garden of Harriet House has been removed but will be replaced with two new trees at the end of the project. A cross section of the tree trunk has been kept for educational purposes by the nurseries. Work has also begun on the disused garages which will become the new science labs.
