{"id":5007,"date":"2026-03-17T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/?page_id=5007"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:25:59","slug":"portfolio-city-of-edinburgh-council-south-morningside-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/?page_id=5007","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio: City of Edinburgh Council | South Morningside Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5007\" class=\"elementor elementor-5007\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ee9ac6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ee9ac6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a24f3b\" data-id=\"7a24f3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749a01e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"749a01e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4757-scaled-e1773765415395.jpg?fit=1910%2C1910&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_4757\" alt=\"IMG_4757\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6316a2f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6316a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4761-scaled-e1773764437300.jpg?fit=1920%2C1920&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_4761\" alt=\"IMG_4761\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3300c3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3300c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4766-scaled-e1773764495116.jpg?fit=1920%2C1920&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"IMG_4766\" alt=\"IMG_4766\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa2619d\" data-id=\"fa2619d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a678b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6a678b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Client:<\/strong>\u00a0City of Edinburgh Council<\/p><p><b>Project Value: <\/b>\u00a3515,000<\/p><p><b>Project Timescale:<\/b>\u00a020 Weeks<\/p><p><strong>Architect:<\/strong> Thomson Gray<\/p><p><b>PQS: <\/b>Doig &amp; 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