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.

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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)