More than £200,000 of investment in school buildings across Dundee could be approved by councillors next week.
If agreed the programme of on-going maintenance and improvement will cover 9 schools and be carried out by Dundee City Council’s construction service division.
Lynne Short convener of the council’s city development committee said: “Looking after the bricks and mortar of our school buildings is an on-going and important task because we’re talking about facilities that need regular care and maintenance. These tenders will see all sorts of work done from roof refurbishment and window replacement to playground resurfacing and new play equipment.”
Stewart Hunter children and families service committee convener added: “Our learning and teaching environments must be the best that we can offer and this investment will ensure that pupils and staff at the 9 schools that feature in the programme have the best facilities possible.”
Covering internal and external works at primary and secondary schools the tenders will be discussed by the city development committee on Monday (March 11).
Dundee City Council
Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.
