Home Farm - Estates Refurbishment
Location: Garscube Campus, Home Farm Buildings, Bearsden, G61 1QH
Zone: 5
The Estates Refurbishment of the Home Farm buildings at Garscube campus was complete to house the relocated Garscube Estates Team (Facilities and Grounds teams). The Estates Refurbishment Home Farm project is part a larger Vet Post Mortem Project, which includes a new-built Vet Post Mortem Building and 3 new-build agricultural Equine Facilities.
This refurbishment project allowed the existing Estates teams to be relocated to Home Farm from their previous base in a modular building, which can be demolished in preparation for the next stage of the Vet Post Mortem project.
The Estates Team at Garscube were located in a modular building next to the existing Riding Arena, with the Grounds Team occupying some buildings at the Home Farm buildings to the North of the Security Gatehouse.
The refurbishment project has transformed several unused stable buildings to create office, welfare, changing and workshop spaces for the combined Estates Team at Garscube. Bringing together the Grounds staff with the Facilities and Operations teams allows for combined, improved facilities to be shared. Economies of scale are combined with modern levels of equipment, furniture and space standards to create a fit-for-purpose base for the Estates Team to better support the Garscube campus.
Project Benefits
Staff Experience:
The new combined facilities at Home Farm will provide a base for Estates that has been refurbished to UofG Design Standards, with greater levels of thermal comfort, new furniture and welfare facilities as well as local parking provision (including double the number of EV charging points)
Efficiency:
The Grounds Team will work alongside the Facilities and Operations teams in shared office areas with new furniture and equipment, enhanced wifi coverage, better security, increased comfort. A more ‘joined-up’ service for the Garscube campus.
Service Excellence & Compliance:
The refurbishment project enabled the Vet Post Mortem (New-Build) Project to progress.
Construction Start Date: November 2024
Construction End Date: June 2025
Project Costs: £1.57 million
Themes Addressed by Project:
People, Space, Sustainability, Custodianship, Accessibility, Staff Experience
Project Team:
Project Manager: Nick Crawford
Development Manager:
David Hall and Krystina Hickman
Clerk of Works: Nicola Redman
Lead Advisor: Aecom
Contractor: AKP
