{"id":24137,"date":"2016-05-13T14:23:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=24137"},"modified":"2016-05-13T14:23:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:23:58","slug":"court-action-cards-edinburgh-schools-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/court-action-cards-edinburgh-schools-scandal\/24137\/","title":{"rendered":"Court action could be on the cards for Edinburgh schools scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span>The scandal involving the structural safety of a number of schools across Edinburgh could lead to court action, it has emerged\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A number of schools built by The Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP) via a public-private partnership (PPP) were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control\/structural-faults-see-17-edinburgh-schools-close\/23515\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>closed last month<\/span><\/a> following concerns about the structural safety. Now, it has emerged that court action and even criminal prosecutions could be forthcoming as a result of the issues.<\/p>\n<p>The schools were built by Miller Construction, which was acquired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallifordtry.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Galliford Try<\/span><\/a> in 2014. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>City of Edinburgh Council<\/span><\/a> ordered the schools to close after structural problems were identified at Oxgang and St Peter\u2019s primaries. Since then some 140 busloads of pupils have been forced to travel the capital each day due to these faults, costing in excess of \u00a340,000 per week.<\/p>\n<p>An inquiry into what went wrong will start on 17 August, with councillors and officials already calling for discussions on whether there was negligence or risk to health and safety. Compensation for parents who have incurred extra costs as a result of travel could also be on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The National, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/councillors\/65\/alasdair_rankin\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Councillor Alasdair Rankin<\/span><\/a>, convener of the authority\u2019s powerful finance and resources committee said: \u201cWe are looking at all the legal aspects to the fullest extent of the law, and depending on what the inquiry reveals, appropriate action will be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A report into the schools scandal was published yesterday. It highlights the wall ties that failed at Oxgangs Primary in January and led to the closure of 17 schools.<\/p>\n<p>The report states: \u201cIn 2012, Lourdes Primary in Glasgow, which was built by Miller, was closed as a result of similar issues with wall ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of this discovery, Glasgow City Council commissioned structural surveys on all schools built by Miller, which revealed no further defects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe council was not alerted to this at the time. It is understood in light of the findings in Edinburgh, councils across Scotland are undertaking surveys, including in some cases intrusive surveys, on their PPP school estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The council report added: \u201cEarly indications are that this remains a construction-quality matter as opposed to one relating to a design defect or the operating model employed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe position taken by this council differs to that taken by some other authorities. It is important to note that in this regard problems were identified by ESP across its entire estate and ESP confirmed in writing that the schools could not be considered safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition there was an actual wall collapse which is not the case elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the issue stems from the fact that while council building control officers reviewed the applications for the building warrant, the builders were able to self-certify structural design. A final inspection was carried out before building warrants were issued.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that: \u201cThose final inspections would not have identified defects of the nature being discussed because those areas would have been covered up at that stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An independent chair has yet to be assigned for the inquiry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scandal involving the structural safety of a number of schools across Edinburgh could lead to court action, it has emerged\u2026 A number of schools built by The Edinburgh Schools Partnership (ESP) via a public-private partnership (PPP) were closed last month following concerns about the structural safety. Now, it has emerged that court action and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-building-control-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court action could be on the cards for Edinburgh schools scandal | Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The scandal involving the structural safety of a number of schools across Edinburgh could lead to court action, it has emerged\u2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/court-action-cards-edinburgh-schools-scandal\/24137\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court action could be on the cards for Edinburgh schools scandal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The scandal involving the structural safety of a number of schools across Edinburgh could lead to court action, it has emerged\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/court-action-cards-edinburgh-schools-scandal\/24137\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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