Drumgeith Community Campus and Greenfield Academy
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Summary
Passivhaus design for Dundee's newest campus
Robertson has delivered a new secondary education campus to serve as a direct replacement for two Dundee high schools that are nearing end-of-life. Robertson Tayside collaborated with Dundee City Council as the Design & Build Contractor for the project, which allowed it to be delivered to Passivhaus design standards and in compliance with the Scottish Futures Trust LEIP2 deliverables.
1,800
Pupils
19,585 m2
Gross Internal Floor Area
Combining schools for the optimum environment for learning
Dundee city council’s aspiration for the project was to provide a state-of-the-art education facility that will be fully utilised all year round.
As part of this project, two collocated schools – Braeview Academy and Craigie High School – have been combined to offer an optimum environment for learning and achievement as well as more facilities for the wider community.
Extensive facilities for the community as well as learners
This new campus also provides footpath links and walking routes, engaging with the existing Dundee Green Circular route, to provide a sustainable active travel plan.
The extensive Campus facilities also accommodate music and performing arts activities for the city of Dundee.
While facilities open to the community also include a library, with sports provision ranging from games halls and gym, to floodlit 3G all-weather pitches for football rugby, a fitness suite, and dance studio.
Sustainable practices
The sustainable design of the shared campus involved all five principles of Passivhaus design: thermal insulation, thermal bridging, airtightness, triple glazing windows and insulated window frames and ventilation systems with heat recovery to supply constant fresh air.
This project also saw the introduction of green steel - produced without the use of fossil fuels. This was used for the frame of the main additional support needs (ASN) block. Other sustainable practices included the reduction of site tipping and spoil hauling and the installation of electric car charging points.
I am absolutely delighted that we are ready to open the building and welcome young people, staff and the community into this great campus.
Procurement
This new school was directly awarded to Robertson Construction Tayside by Dundee City Council through the Procurement Hub Major Projects Framework 2 (MPF2).
This brings a range of benefits, in particular a focus on spending project budget locally boosting the economy for Dundee City Council area.
