Building Briefs – January 24th

• CALA appoints Rettie as Jordanhill Park sales agent

More than 400 premium homes will be delivered on the site of the former Jordanhill Campus, including luxury apartments in the impressive category B-listed David Stow building.

The first apartments at Southbrae Drive are currently under construction and will be completed early next year, with listings set to appear in the coming months.

To mark the partnership, the property company will transform its West End branch into a Jordanhill Park sales office.

CALA Homes West will invest £100 million in the 31-acre development which is designed by architects 7N.

• Auction firm plans new Glasgow HQ

Auctioneering firm Sweeney Kincaid has lodged plans for a new office pavilion at Carnegie Road in Glasgow.

The Thomson Hunter Architects-designed build will see an open plan office space, a customer counter and video wall located at ground floor level with a conference room and breakout space situated on the first floor.

• GRAHAM promotes construction careers to S2 pupils

Around 150 13 and 14 year olds taking part in a career carousel event in St Augustine’s RC High School received supported from GRAHAM Construction as part of its work to deliver Broomhouse Community Centre and Meadowbank Sports Centre.

The S2 pupils heard from GRAHAM health and safety supervisor, Derek Rose, and quantity surveyor, Craig Meechan – both working on the Broomhouse Community Centre project, who promoted the many different career pathways into the construction industry.

The teenagers heard from employers who shared information and advice about careers, job roles and their sectors.

Organised by Heather Lovatt, DYW co-ordinator for St Augustine’s RC High School, the event was attended by seven employers from a diverse cross-section of industries.

Once complete, Broomhouse Community Centre will be a purpose-built 735sqm hub complete with its own cinema and café, hair and beauty salon, shop, artist studio and enterprise desk area – each arranged around a main hall.

The hub will provide a wide range of services and activities, including working with older people, young carers, a befriending scheme for young people, a cafe open every day and an events catering arm.

Suzanne Stevenson, compliance manager at GRAHAM, said: “It is never too early to learn about the many different routes into the construction industry – which is an extremely broad sector with lots of job opportunities, regardless of interest.

“Events like these are really important to GRAHAM, giving us the opportunity to speak directly to the next generation of construction recruits while sharing an insight into the excellent work which is taking place at Broomhouse Community Centre - a hub will provide essential resources for the Broomhouse region, for many years to come.”

• Skye glamping development approved

Highland councillors have approved plans for a 27-pod glamp site with restaurant, whisky bar, outdoor plunge pool and sauna on Struan Road in the outskirts of Portree.

The development is by London estate agents Garton Jones.

Owner Charlie Garton-Jones and his wife Miranda have also transformed The Cowshed hostel in Uig into a boutique bunkhouse with luxury pods.

The new development will be laid out in the natural contours of the landscape.

The luxury pods will be the equivalent of en-suite bedrooms, placed in four clusters around the upper part of the site.

Lower down is the hub, containing restaurant and bar, and the sauna and pool building.

The complex is contemporary in design, featuring curved walls, natural stone, lots of glass and a ‘living’ turf roof.

• Saint-Gobain among world’s top 100 most innovative companies

For the eighth consecutive year, Saint-Gobain has been named as one of the 100 most innovative companies and institutions, according to Clarivate Analytics’ ‘Top 100 Global Innovators’ ranking for 2018.

The recently published ranking is based on four patent-related metrics: the total number of patents, the number of patents granted as a ratio of patents filed, the global scope of the portfolio of patents, and the impact of patents measured by the number of references.