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Publication - Progress report

Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26 Major capital projects progress update (August 2024)

Published
16 October 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
Directorate
Public Spending Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Economy, Education, +7 more … Environment and climate change, Health and social care, Housing, Money and tax, Public sector, Scottish Budget, Transport
ISBN
9781836018070

The following information relates to projects with a capital value of £5 million or more which are at the outline business case (or equivalent) approved stage or beyond.

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Sector: Further Education

Project: Dunfermline Learning Campus (College element)

Business case approved stages: New build college campus in Dunfermline, Fife. Following Scottish Government approval to award the contract in December 2022, the cost of the project was estimated at £131 million with project completion estimated for December 2024 and an operational start date of spring 2025.

Progress at December 2023: No change to cost or timing of the overall project since contract award and the last reporting update in March 2023.

Planned completion of the construction stage is now January 2025 which is later than previously reported. This is due to recent adverse weather which caused some slippage. Completion of the full project however continues to be on target for April 2025 with the campus being fully operational for the start of 2025-26 academic year.

Progress at August 2024: The cost of the project is now estimated at £154.5 million, which is an increase from contract award and as previously reported. This is due to the continuation of high inflation in the construction marketplace which has resulted in higher than anticipated costs for the fit-out element of the project, which was a variable element of the construction contract. Fife College has agreed a lump sum fixed price with the contractor, Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd (BBCL) to complete the project. This passes the risk of completing the project within the increased budget to BBCL. The cost for the core and shell element of the build has not increased as this cost was fixed from the outset of the contract with BBCL. The scope of the project has not changed.

Planned completion of the project construction stage has slipped to September 2025, with the new campus now expected to be fully operational by January/February 2026. This is later than previously reported and is due to project delays occurred whilst Fife College considered its options to manage the increase in costs.

Contact for public enquiries: email: ameldrum@sfc.ac.uk

Contact

Email: infrastructureinvestmentstrategy@gov.scot

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