Work on a multi-million-pound centre of sporting excellence will begin in Perth next month.
The ambitious development is being spearheaded by Perth College and is earmarked for land next to its Crieff Road campus.
The college has now struck a deal with Edinburgh-based Dixons Contractors to work on the £6.5m Academy of Sport and Wellbeing, starting with a cutting of the turf ceremony on August 14.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney will be guest of honour at the event.
The centre is scheduled to finish next summer and the first students are due to arrive in September 2016.
It is hoped that the facility will become a launchpad for a new generation of professional athletes.
Principal Margaret Munckton said: “This is tremendous news for Perth College, our students and the city of Perth.
“As a college and university, it is essential that we have the best possible facilities for our students in order to provide them with a first-class education.”
The building will include a multipurpose sports hall with bleacher seating for about 430 people.
It will have six badminton courts with markings for hockey, netball and basketball games.
The academy, which will also have a facility for indoor cricket, could even boast an electronic scoring system and climbing chamber.
A fitness wing and hair and beauty therapy suite is also planned.
The college, which has 8,000 students, has been working on the project with Live Active Leisure, Perth and Kinross Council and several other national bodies.
It will allow for college staff to work alongside national sporting groups such as Badminton Scotland, Cricket Scotland and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, among others, to support grassroots development.
A site next to the current student union is being cleared to make way for the development. College bosses say the expansion will be “at the heart of campus life”.