Carnegie Primary School

The new Carnegie Primary School was delivered as part of a substantial investment programme in Fife Council’s School Estate titled “Building Fife’s Future”. A Procurement Option Appraisal was undertaken at an early stage of the project. Due to the particular
constraints involved, the outcome was to procure the facility on a Design & Build basis. An in house Project Manager and Cost Consultant were retained to coordinate all aspects of time, cost, quality and sustainability and to act as the Employers Agent and Contract Administrator.

As with all good projects, the building has a clear and legible diagram. In this instance, the plan is composed of a central organisation HUB, with four radiating teaching wings. This approach, combined with the building’s stepped section, allows all principal teaching spaces to have a strong connection between inside and out providing, in most cases, a direct physical link.

The school is imbued with high levels of natural light and served by excellent natural ventilation systems; the building has been constructed to high levels of air tightness with a fabric capable of achieving excellent standards of thermal performance.