News / “Lego brick” school arrives by sea
MORE THAN two dozen container sized class room modules, part of the new £8.75 million Mid Yell School, are set to arrive on board the cargo vessel Wilson Brest at Cullivoe Pier later this week.
The units have been pre-fabricated in the town of Logstor by Danish contractor MT Hojgaard and are being shipped to Cullivoe by Tschudi Project Transports AS.
The Wilson Brest is due to arrive in Yell between late evening tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday morning. Unloading of the 26 modules is planned for Thursday.
A second cargo with a further 26 modules and additional equipment is due to arrive in Shetland on Thursday next week.
The transport by truck to the site of the new school in Mid Yell is due to take place between Thursday and the end of the month. Drivers have been warned to expect some delays on the island roads at that time.
Head of schools Helen Budge said last night that the Mid Yell school project was coming together as planned with a completion set for October this year.
“The project is coming together very nicely. The ground works are all ready for the modules to arrive this week and next week.
“We are very interested in how these modules do come together to create a school. It is certainly the first time that we have used this method in Shetland,” she said.
The modules, which some commentators described as over-sized Lego bricks due to their place of origin, form the majority of the new junior high school.
They are pre-built units constructed to a level where windows, doors, internal finishes including floor coverings, lights, etc. are installed within the factory environment.
Once the modules are delivered to site, works will commence to connect the modules and complete the external landscaping and service works.
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