5.14.24 At the CIMT meeting on the 27th April, it was reported that the remedial work by Galliford Try to Oxgangs and St. Peter's Primary Schools could be complete by the next day, 28th April 2016, followed shortly by the teaching wing at Braidburn Special School and after a further short period, Firrhill High School. This was considerably faster than had been expected.
5.14.25 The structural engineers employed to advise the City of Edinburgh Council, Scott Bennett Associates, stated at the meeting that at this stage they had not yet received sufficient information to allow them to verify the design process and construction methodology in relation to the work that was being undertaken by Galliford Try on these projects. Whilst this work had been carried out very quickly, there was reportedly a lack of knowledge on the part of ESP and the City of Edinburgh Council as to what had been done and how comprehensive or otherwise it had been.
5.14.26 The meeting then discussed the range of documents that would be required by the City of Edinburgh Council to be shown to parents in order to assure them as to the safety of each school once the remedial work had been completed. The following list of documents was itemised:
• a letter from ESP stating that the school was safe to occupy;
• a letter from the structural engineer responsible for the design of the remedial works to the school;
• a letter from the relevant contractor, Amey or Galliford Try, confirming they had carried out the works prescribed by the engineers;
• a risk assessment of the structural integrity of the walls; and
• a letter verifying the design and construction of the remedial work as appropriate from the independent engineer employed by the Council.