Working alongside Hub West Scotland and NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde through a detailed pre-construction period, Fleming Buildings developed designs to meet a range of requirements to ensure the 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 multi-use 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 Buildings’ sister division, Fleming Timber Structures, designed and optimised the timber frame solution utilising I joist/studs and is manufacturing, and installing the largely timber structure which has had a positive impact on the overall embodied carbon in the project.

A spokesperson for Fleming Buildings said: “We’ve set an additional carbon target for the project delivery phase, with many of the necessary actions already aligning with our internal goals for carbon reduction and our journey towards achieving net zero.

“Having recently refurbished the existing Bishopton Medical Centre as well as developing the early years some 100m from this site, we are delighted to continue our work with NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and the wider community with a range of enhanced social value commitments.”

The project team consists of architect and lead consultant Holmes Miller, structural and civil engineer Cowal Design Consultants, mechanical and electrical engineer Aecom, landscape architect Sterry Walters Partnership, cost consultant Brown + Wallace and development partner Hub West Scotland.