Balfour Beatty bags £70m Edinburgh university job

By Jordan Marshall2019-03-07T12:58:00

Edinburgh Futures Institute by Bennetts Associates

Source: Bennetts Associates

The Bennetts Associates-designed scheme is due to be completed in 2021

Balfour Beatty has been appointed to a £70m contract to transform the Grade-A listed Old Royal Infirmary hospital building for Edinburgh university.

The Bennetts Associates-designed scheme will see the contractor restore and connect six wards to create a major educational hub that will be called the Edinburgh Futures Institute.

On completion, the development, which has bee part-funded by Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal, will provide 21,000m² of teaching and learning facilities, function areas, and work spaces for staff, students and the public.

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