Paisley firm lands £4 million contract to build new St Fergus Primary

Councillor Jacqueline Henry, convener of the authority's Education and Children Policy Board, described the programme as ”an investment not in bricks and mortar but in Renfrewshire’s children”.

A contract worth over £4million has been awarded to local firm, Clark Contracts, to build the new St Fergus Primary School.

Work is expected to begin in early March and is expected to be finished by spring 2017. The school is being built at Bankfoot Road/Blackstoun Road. 

The announcement follows hard on the heels of the start on site of the £4million refurbishment of the existing Mossvale Primary School and Nursery and St James’ Primary School shared campus. 

Councillors have also given the green light to a range of other projects including: 

• A new shared campus for St Paul’s Primary School and Foxlea Pre-5 Centre 
• A new shared campus for Bargarran/St John Bosco Primary Schools
• The refurbishment of St Anthony’s Primary School and the relocation of the Spateston Pre-5 Centre within it. 

Cllr Henry added: “Our vision is to promote achievement by providing the best possible environment for learning and teaching.

“This significant programme of refurbishing and building schools is an investment not in bricks and mortar, but in Renfrewshire’s children. It is also gratifying that local firms are winning key contracts and providing jobs and apprenticeships for Renfrewshire residents.”

Building work on the new, £18million Additional Support Needs School in Linwood is also progressing although the timetable for completion is being revised due to the adverse weather and design and construction considerations. 

The calendar of construction continues in February with work on the extensions to the Glendee and Bridge of Weir Pre 5 Centres being completed. The pre 5 element of the £53million programme has already delivered adaptations to nine centres with extensions to a further two in the pipeline.