Broomlands Primary School Building wins 2018 GIA Education Building and 2018 Borders Design Award

Broomlands Primary School

*UPDATE: We are proud to announce that the Broomlands Primary School Building, which contains FTF Group's Modula HP Radiant Heating Panels, has now been named as one of the winners of the RIAS awards 2019. You can read more about the winners here: rias.org.uk/about/rias-awards/2019*

The Broomlands Primary School Building, located in Kelso, Scotland, has recently won two separate awards and is favourite for another 2019 award.

The first award in 2018 was the GIA Education Building and the second award was the 2018 Borders Design Award. The building has also been recently shortlisted for the prestigious RIAS Award for 2019.

FTF Group are proud to have been selected to supply their Modula HP (high performance) Radiant Heating panels to the multi-award-winning building to provide comfortable, affordable and energy-efficient heating throughout the building.

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has listed Broomlands Primary School as part of the shortlist for its 2019 award. The judging panel of RIAS has said that the properties listed within the shortlist show "the ambitious level of excellence that architects and their clients can achieve". The winners of the award will be announced on the 30th May 2019.

The project has a total value of $12.7 million and has a substantial size of over 28,000ft2. The new school includes several facilities such as a nursery, games and dining halls, various communal areas and many multi-purpose classrooms.

"We are delighted to move into the new school, which is a wonderful facility that the children and staff have been looking forward to transferring to for some time."

Michelle Matthews - Broomlands Headteacher


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