BAM to build new Glasgow offices for Scottish Water

Construction firm preferred bidder on £15m National Operations Centre

Article posted: 14 Dec 2011

Scottish Water has appointed BAM Construction as the preferred bidder to build its new offices near Glasgow.  

The utility’s £15m National Operations Centre will be an ultra sustainable new build office with a new Intelligent Control Centre and Data Centre at Stepps, near Glasgow. 

The four-storey, 78,576 sq ft building will be designed around a central atrium to maximise the use of natural ventilation and light. It will utilise the thermal mass of the concrete frame and will include a biomass boiler, thermal water heating and photovoltaic panels BAM will also use sustainable urban drainage systems and rainwater harvesting to further boost the building’s environmental performance.

It is proposed that work starts on site in February 2012 and be completed in summer 2013. 

BAM Scotland's regional pre-construction manager Paul Neil said: “We are delighted to be selected as preferred bidder for this strategically and environmentally important building.

“The project would allow BAM to showcase its expertise and experience in designing cost effective, highly sustainable and user friendly office buildings.’”

Lorna McGregor, Scottish Water’s Head of Commercial Capital Projects, said: ‘”e look forward to working closely with BAM in the design and build of a superb facility which will host significant investment in enhanced technology to improve our customer experience through the Intelligent Control Centre. This also presents a great opportunity to provide a fit-for-purpose, energy-efficient, low-carbon office environment for many years to come.”

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Posted by Julie