Glasgow House

Glasgow House

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Glasgow House

GLASGOW HOUSE

These innovative fuel-efficient houses are the first of their kind in Scotland and have high levels of insulation and air tightness, efficient heating systems and solar thermal panels to deliver low energy bills.

Through independent studies they have successfully demonstrated a two-thirds reduction in energy costs compared with a typical three bedroom house.

Highly insulated timber frame with pre-manufactured floor and roof cassettes manufactured at Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi).

Key features include:

  1. High levels of insulation
  2. Windows and sun rooms to suit orientation capturing sun energy
  3. Simple forms of construction using locally sourced and assembled materials
  4. Efficient heating system using solar thermal panels
  5. Educating residents to benefit from special features in their homes
CUSTOMER

Glasgow House

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New Home

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Student accomodation

Student Accommodation

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Student accomodation

STUDENT ACCOMMODATION

The student accommodation sector can be a demanding environment for furniture. As such, we have spent considerable time and expertise creating products that focus on lifecycle and design.

We understand it is not just about the upfront costs but also about reducing the need for maintenance. We have a proven track record of meeting these challenges, and can offer a wide range of furnishing packages.

Whether it’s a full decoration, furnishing packages including carpets, vinyl, white goods and kitchen equipment, our team can be on-site quickly.

All of our products are manufactured with robustness, durability and extended lifecycles in mind.

CUSTOMERs

Strathclyde University
Glasgow University
Glasgow Caledonian University
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen University
Edinburgh University
Napier University

CATEGORY

Manufacturing

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Ibroxholm Oval

Ibroxholm Oval

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Ibroxholm Oval

IBROXHOLM OVAL

Ibroxholm Oval, a former multi storey, has been refurbished following a £7 million investment. All 98 flats have been totally refurbished to the highest standard.

The scale and flexibility of our multi-disciplinary workforce and broad experience allows us to deliver complex projects of all scope and size across a variety of built forms.

Our dedicated teams of joiners, painters and decorators, gas engineers, electricians and lift engineers were able to offer a one stop shop for a refurbishment of this size.

Ibroxholm Oval has been fully refurbished to the highest standards with high quality finishes and new kitchens and bathrooms manufactured at RSBi and all works carried out by City Building.

In addition our dedicated lift team installed two new lifts to BS5655 standards.

Our gas engineers worked with energy partners to install the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant to produce hot and cold water in a highly efficient way. This system takes away the need for each property to have individual boilers offering an affordable method of heating.

CUSTOMER

Lowther Homes (part of Wheatley Group)

CATEGORY

Investment & Refurbishment

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Woodside Terrace

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WOODSIDE TERRACE

Full refurbishment of period property in Glasgow’s Park Circus, area.  This A-listed building, designed by the architect George Smith was built in 1842.

Our team, in renovating this stunning blonde sandstone period building used the highest standards to ensure the preservation of original features including the renewal of the stunning pillared communal entrance hallway, cornices, panel doors, deep moulded skirtings and sash and case windows.

This incorporated the repair of cast iron railings and downpipes as well as stone repairs and a new roof.

Each apartment features a modern designed kitchen with fully integrated appliances.  We also installed gas central heating systems and security video entry systems as well as completely re-decorating the internals of each restored flat.

CUSTOMER

Lowther Homes (part of Wheatley Group)

CATEGORY

Investment & Refurbishment

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Cassiltoun Housing Association

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CASSILTOUN HOUSING ASSOCIATION

Tasked with providing the best repairs service in Cassiltoun following a competitive tender for the repairs and maintenance of 1,000 houses and flatted accommodation in the south side of Glasgow, a new partnership contract was introduced which included fixed rate fees for an overall service based on a predicted and forecasted repairs service which not only benefitted both organisations by reducing administration time but also meant the emphasis was on quality.

Six months on from the commencement of this contract, tenants were delighted with City Building scoring an average of 99.3% in the south side association’s annual customer satisfaction survey.

The City Building team was accessed on a range of criteria including: tradespeople turning up on time; time taken to complete repair; quality of work carried out; and clearance of mess/rubble.

Charlie Millar, chief executive of Cassiltoun Housing Association, said: “Cassiltoun Housing Association is delighted by the standard of repairs service we are receiving from City Building. Our tenants play a vital role monitoring the repairs service with customer satisfaction surveys completed after each repair. An average score of 99.3% is fantastic.”

As part of our investment in the local community City Building has seven craft apprentices who live in and know Cassiltoun.

CUSTOMER

Cassiltoun Housing Association

CATEGORY

Repairs & Maintenance

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Office rationalisation

Office Rationalisation – “Tomorrow’s Office”

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Office rationalisation

OFFICE RATIONALISATION – “TOMORROW’S OFFICE” 

The aim of the Tomorrow’s Office programme was to reduce Glasgow City Council’s city centre office accommodation and change the way the Council worked, saving £5.9 million every year for the next 25 years. The rationalisation programme brought the buildings from 19 to eight.

As well as the refurbishment of the interiors, we manufactured the furniture at Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi), the largest supported manufacturing factory in Europe.

There was a need to create an effective office environment and make it aesthetically pleasing. Our highly experienced team of designers were able to utilise the space required whilst still creating stylish room layouts to create bright office layouts with ample storage.

CUSTOMER

Glasgow City Council

CATEGORY

Investment & Refurbishment

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Notre Dame Primary School

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NOTRE DAME PRIMARY SCHOOL

This category B listed former Dowanhill Primary School (a local landmark since 1984) characterised by sandstone elevations and central atria was fully refurbished with design priorities based on sustainability accessibility a well as the construction of a new extension to house a nursery that was sympathetic to the original building.

Our team, working with historic Scotland ensured as much of the original materials were used in the refurbishment of the classrooms, staff rooms, toilets and plant.

The extension features a nursery, changing rooms, library, assembly/dining room and games hall over five storeys and was aligned to the original building’s facades and eaves.

We installed a super insulated envelope, geothermal heating, heat-recovery mechanical ventilation as well as combined heat and power as well as refurbishing the many architectural features using our specialist teams.

Once refurbishment was completed, we completely re-decorated all the internals of the school and to complete the transformation we manufactured all the furniture at our manufacturing division Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) prior to installation.

The furniture was supplied and installed by our manufacturing division Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi).

CUSTOMER

Notre Dame Primary School – Glasgow City Council

CATEGORY

Investment & Refurbishment

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Garrowhill Primary School

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GARROWHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL 

Garrowhill Primary was an £11.5million construction project in the Garrowhill area of Glasgow. The state-of-the-art new building replaced the previous school building. Instead of draughty corridors and leaking windows, youngsters have an environmentally friendly new school that is inspiring them to learn.

The design of the building is aimed to be as environmentally friendly as possible with under floor heating, a ventilation system which uses fresh air to cut down on traffic noise and ground source heat pumps that extract heat from below the ground using boreholes. Rainwater is also collected and used within the school water system.

The building was designed to face a nearby park to admit more light and allow children to feel connected to the outdoors.

CUSTOMER

Garrowhill Primary School – Glasgow City Council

CATEGORY

Construction, Renewable Technology

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Females in construction

Diversity

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Females in construction

DIVERSITY

At City Building, we are “Building a Sustainable Future,” providing skills to the workforce of tomorrow as well as delivering lasting employment opportunities to local people, including those with a disability and/or from minority groups. Our unique social ethos will continue to underpin everything we do and will drive the creation of training and employment opportunities, across Glasgow and Beyond.

The diverse make-up of our workforce is the key to our success.

We recognise the benefit of, engaged, dynamic people who bring the benefit of different cultures and problem-solving abilities to their roles within our business.

Figures from Skills Development Scotland have shown that although we are solely based in Glasgow we boast 33% of the total number of female apprentices for the whole of Scotland.

We have a number of female apprentices training with us across a range of trades from joinery and engineering to painting and decorating. A number of our female apprentices have progressed through the company to management positions.

That, in turn, generates an organisational pride which is reinforced by significant achievements over the last 10 years.

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Construction

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Collegelands

Collegelands Glasgow

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Collegelands

COLLEGELANDS GLASGOW

Collegelands is one of Scotland’s largest regeneration projects. The site which was the founding place of the University of Glasgow takes up 1.1m square feet on the corner of High Street and Duke Street in Glasgow.

Working in partnership with Dawn Construction, the project consisted of Grade A office space and a 1,220 space multi-storey car park.

The project involved the regeneration of a derelict 13 acre site in the east end of the city, which was formerly a railway goods yard.

The project won the British Council for Offices award 2013 and the BREEAM Excellent rating brings environmental standards at a competitive cost.

Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) manufactured and supplied the kit panels, kitchens and office furniture.

The entire fit-out of the office blocks and car park was carried out by City Building tradespeople and all the office furniture was manufactured at Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries (RSBi) in Glasgow, one of Europe’s largest supported factories.

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Collegelands Glasgow

CATEGORY

Construction

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