Over the last two days there have been two long but productive meetings which have moved the planning forward.  Today we were delighted to welcome a representative from Hubco to EHS.  Hubco is the body that will co-ordinate the design, finance and construction of the new build.  We were also joined on a telephone conference by 2 other members of the team.  The meeting covered a wide range of issues.  Many of these were technical and I am having to learn a completely new set of acronyms and jargon!  Along with representatives of Moray Council legal and accounting departments we mapped out the planning work that is required.  It was encouraging to hear about the level of support available to see the project through.  There is also a clear commitment to meet the target dates of March/April 2014 for the cutting of the first turf with the new building open in summer 2015.

The completion of the “New Project Request” forms will now get under way.  This will set out the details of the agreement between The Moray Council, Hubco and Scottish Futures Trust.  However, next Friday will be an interesting day.  Sadly I will miss the extravaganza planned in EHS for Comic Relief, but Martine Scott and I will be travelling to Eastwood Academy in Glasgow to see one of the first schools build under the SFT process.  It is likely that many of the features from this design will be incorporated into the new EHS building.  Hopefully, next weekend I will post pictures of the visit on this blog.