5.14.63 On 19th May 2016, the City of Edinburgh Council was concerned that the re-openings for those Phase 2 schools due for the 24th May 2016 might not be achieved. The meeting of the CIMT was advised that Galliford Try had discovered they had to do some additional work to the schools which had delayed them slightly longer than expected, however, during the meeting an email was received from Galliford Try confirming that the work was now complete.
5.14.64 In relation to the provision of the required reports, Scott Bennett Associates advised that they had received full reports for Braidburn and St. Peter's but had had to ask for further information. Scott Bennett Associates had confidence in the professionalism of the structural engineers who had undertaken the work and had received sufficient information to know what was done and that it had been recorded properly. However, they had not been provided with the required calculations to show that the remedial measures applied to each panel of masonry had been properly designed.
5.14.65 Scott Bennett Associates reported that the paperwork for the third school due to open on 24th May 2016, Oxgangs School, had been delivered to their office at 1.00 am that morning.
5.14.66 It was agreed at the meeting that due to the need to give adequate notice if the schools were not to open as planned, that ESP should be advised that, if all requirements had not been satisfied by 4.00 pm [that day, 19th May,] the openings could not go ahead on 24th May 2016 and the public would be notified accordingly.
5.14.67 Later that day in relation to the Phase 2 schools, Scott Bennett reported that they had received that morning the final information required in relation to St. Peter's and already had cleared the documentation for Oxgangs and Braidburn Schools. Final cleaning of the schools would be completed in time and accordingly, based on this information, the Council gave the go-ahead for the necessary packing and relocation of equipment and materials so that these three schools could reopen on Tuesday 24th May 2016.
5.14.68 It was agreed that the required dossiers of information providing assurances as to the safety of the schools would be available for parents and others to see on the Council's web-site from the morning of Monday 23rd May.
5.14.69 The three Phase 2 schools were subsequently re-opened successfully on 24th May 2016 with no complaints or adverse comments being received from teachers on the extent of the steel windposts now visible inside the schoolrooms.