A £45m Kier job to combine four Scottish schools into a community campus has experienced another delay.
The new Tain Community Campus, a project to relocate four schools onto one site, has been pushed back a further three months – and will now be completed 20 months later than first thought.
Kier has been working on the Passivhaus design-and-build job since 2021, and had already delayed completion twice. It was originally meant to finish work in August 2024. But the project has now been delayed until April 2026.
Data intelligence provider Glenigan values the project at £45m.
In a letter sent to parents of school pupils, Isobel Sinclair, collaborative lead officer for education and learning at Highland Council, confirmed a new completion date of 22 April 2026.
“Following a meeting with Highland Council’s school estates team and education staff, the agreed date for moving into the new campus will be Wednesday 22 April 2026,” she said.
“The contractors are working with the council staff on remaining actions before the building is handed over to the council,” Sinclair added.
The council did not state the reason for the delay in the letter sent to parents.
Construction News has approached Highland Council and Kier for comment.
The council previously said this was the first Passivhaus project it had worked on.
The project will replace Tain Royal Academy, Craighill Primary school, Knockbreck Primary school and St Duthus School with a new learning campus for children of between 3 and 18 years old.
Tain Royal Academy will then be redeveloped into housing.
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Joshua Stein