Moray Council has selected Morgan Sindall to carry out a £1.1 million swimming pool refurbishment in Forres.

The 20-week contract involves Forres Academy Swimming Pool being upgraded to make it more energy efficient.

Features include fitting external insulated cladding and stripping back the building's roof before to installing a more modern and insulated structure.

The Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) system will also be improved to make it safer and more energy efficient.


In addition, the new system will contain an air handling unit to control the building's internal temperature, which will be housed within a newly-built small extension.

The contract also includes some remedial works and a 12-month maintenance period for the delivered works.

Morgan Sindall Contracts Manager, Ian Macdonald, said: "Like all buildings, the Forres Academy Pool is a product of its age. Unfortunately, in the 1970s, there was little regard paid to energy efficiency.

"Times have certainly changed and the upgrade to the pool will give the building a new, greener and more cost-effective lease of life."

The project is expected to be completed in early autumn 2016.

(LM)