Fleming Building has officially broken ground on the development of the multi-million pound Bishopton Dargavel Satellite Facility.
Working alongside Hub West Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde through a detailed pre-construction period, designs were developed to meet a range of requirements to ensure this building could function well for practitioners, visitors and the wider community as an element of the wider masterplan for the site.
The schedule of accommodation seeks to provide five consulting rooms, one treatment room, four multiuse rooms and one community room. These aim to maximise the clinicians' ability to deliver services in as broad a manner as possible.
At the core of the facility's design is a commitment to sustainability, driven by SDaC (Sustainable Design and Construction) where decisions were measured against the key themes. Throughout the design process, embodied carbon was tracked and a key consideration in overall approach and material selection.
An ambitious target for in-use sustainability has been addressed through a fabric first approach with an air tight, highly insulated envelope, high performance windows and a large roof mounted solar PV system.
Fleming's sister division, Fleming Timber Structures designed and optimised the timber frame solution utilising I joist/studs and are manufacturing, and installing the largely timber structure which has had a positive impact on the overall embodied carbon in the project.
Fleming has set an additional carbon target for the project delivery phase, with many of the necessary actions already aligning with their internal goals for carbon reduction and their journey towards achieving Net Zero.
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