Building work has started on a new modern pavilion at Harlaw Playing Fields which will be a huge improvement on current facilities for pupils and staff at Harlaw Academy.
The new building will allow PE staff to be based at the site and will reduce time spent by pupils travelling the short distance to Harlaw Road rather than the current site at Groats Road beside Hazlehead Park.
Aberdeen City Council Co-Leader Councillor Ian Yuill said: “The new pavilion for Harlaw Academy pupils and staff will be a major improvement on the current facilities.
“This new pavilion is part of the Council’s key focus on providing the best possible education and education facilities for Aberdeen’s young people.”
Councillors McLellan and Yuill at the site of the new pavilion
Aberdeen City Council Finance convener Councillor Alex McLellan said: Aberdeen City Council Finance convener Councillor Alex McLellan said: “These new facilities will benefit pupils, staff, and the wider community as well as being much closer to Harlaw Academy.
“We look forward to watching the monitoring the progress over the months to come.”
The focus of the new pavilion is to provide a PE facility which meets the future needs of the school and the local community.
The building will also reduce energy costs and future maintenance costs and provide sufficient capacity to support future predicted increase in school roll, predicted to be 1,350 by 2030.
Works have already been carried out to demolition the existing pavilion ahead of the main works due to its condition and health and safety concerns.