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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Lucinda Cameron

Contract signed for construction of ‘hall for all’ concert venue

The Dunard Centre is expected to be complete by 2029 (David Chipperfield Architects/PA) -

Plans for Edinburgh’s first purpose-built concert hall in more than a century have reached a new milestone with the signing of the construction contract after a £40 million funding boost.

Work on the Dunard Centre will begin within weeks after the £162 million main construction contract was signed with Balfour Beatty.

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