Building Briefs – August 13th

The Accord Hospice has opened the doors to it’s new Inpatient Unit in Paisley following a £1.1 million refurbishment project carried out by McLean Architects and local contractor Clark Contracts to create a modern, homely environment which compliments the delivery of specialist palliative and end of life care.

Utilising the existing footprint of the Unit, the hospice facility has created eight single rooms with en-suite wet rooms, patio doors leading to individual patio and communal garden areas. Providing a fresh, modern and flexible design approach to décor, the hospice focussed on bringing the outdoors, indoor.

Inpatient Units are vital for those who cannot be cared for at home and require intensive support for complex needs, or for those individuals who wish their end of life care at ACCORD.

Changing needs of patients suggested that the Hospice needed to improve the physical environment. ACCORD staff, provided feedback on how the Hospice could design and equip the Unit to meet the complex and diverse needs of patients, which are anticipated to increase in the future.

Gerry Cummins, director, Clark Contracts said “As a local company that has supported the ACCORD Hospice through various fundraising activities over the years, it has been fantastic to work with them as a customer. We hope these improvement works allow them to continue to deliver the incredible work they do.”

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hub West Scotland has announced that the following contractors have been appointed as our Housing Delivery Partners.

Each contractor demonstrated a very strong commitment to providing excellent value for money and to working collaboratively to deliver high quality developments. We are delighted and impressed by their enthusiasm to play a central role within hub West’s compelling best value Housing model.

Housing Delivery Partners:

Our Partners now have the opportunity to bid to deliver £15m Tom Johnstone House development for East Dunbartonshire Council. This exciting and important project will deliver over 100 high quality social homes in Kirkintilloch.

The response to invitation to tender was fantastic and presented hWS with an inspiring range of applications. We have therefore decided to maintain a relationship with three further contractors. These organisations will allow hWS to expand the programme should we receive a specific Participant request, business development opportunity, require additional capacity or specialist expertise.

These companies are