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Extension Work
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the diet of SQA exams has come to an end, building work at Webster’s has
started in earnest. In May, the contractors, Torith Ltd, fenced off
building compounds and did preliminary clearing of soil but then work
stopped so that pupils would not be disturbed by the noise whilst
sitting their SQA exams. Now work is going ahead full steam with
foundations being dug and setting out in full swing. The next stage will
be the laying of concrete bases and building of substructure block work
which is due to take place in early July. Work on the site has required
the closing, during the school day, of the path across the field and the
traffic island in Clova Road was “halved” some time ago to allow large
lorries access onto the temporary access road which has been formed to
reach the site. On June 15th, a different contractor, ERDC, started work
on the construction of the all weather synthetic pitch. The two
adjoining building sites have taken over two thirds of our northern
playing field and Sports Day had to be rather scaled down this year to
cope with this loss of space. The pitch site has now been cleared of
top–soil and over the summer break the all weather surface and
surrounding fence and fixtures will be laid. If all goes to plan the
all-weather pitch will be complete by early September, so our pupils
will be able to use it early in the new session. Planned completion of
the new extension will be in June 2010. It will then remain only to
complete the link corridors to the existing building and re configure
rooms left vacant in the old building by the Art and Home Economics
departments as they move to their new quarters. These are exciting
developments for the school and we will keep you up to date with
progress in future newsletters.
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