Bertha Park High School
| Sector: | Education |
| Participant: | Perth and Kinross Council |
| Location: | Perth |
| Capital Value: | £32.5m |
| Completion Date: | July 2019 |
| Contract Dates: | September 2017 to July 2019 |
| Total Users / Residents: |
1,100 students including 35 pupils with support needs |
| Local Employees: |
134 of 168 |
Project Information
The award-winning Bertha Park High School is the first non-replacement secondary school to be built in Scotland for 25 years. The school lies within the new village of Bertha Park, developed to address the growing demands of Perth & Kinross Council’s rising population. This allowed us to ‘start from scratch’ and build an iconic new school for the community on the of 20,000 m2 site.
Over a four-week period we worked closely with the design team and our customer to deliver an affordable scheme that maintained the initial concept and design ethos.
To avoid groundworks during winter we agreed a six-week enabling package where we reused c70,000 m
3 of excavated material from an adjacent site, creating additional value for the council.
Over its four floors, the sloping wedge-shape structure accommodates a variety of flexible, light-filled spaces and facilities including ampitheatre, classrooms, dining area, breakout spaces, sports hall and gym. Externally the full-size grass and synthetic football pitches, and multi-use games area offer a range of amenities for community use outside core school hours.
Bertha Park was one of only 17 schools globally to be selected as a Microsoft Flagship School, using advanced technology to enhance young people’s learning.
Community Involvement
- 85% of delivery came from SMEs, of which 69% were local
- 24 work placements
- 17 apprentices
- 24 subcontractor operatives upskilled
Key Appointments
| Contractor: | Robertson Capital Projects/ hub East Central Scotland, Robertson Construction Tayside |
| Architect: | NORR |
| Civil & Structural Engineer: | Goodson |
| M&E: | TUV SUD |
| Facilities Management: | FES |
| IT: | Thomas and Adamson |
| TA | Johnston Houston |
| Client: | Perth and Kinross Council |