Keystone Building, University of Glasgow
Cementation Skanska has been appointed by Multiplex to undertake piling works for the University of Glasgow’s new Keystone Building. This is part of the continued redevelopment of the university’s Gilmorehill campus, situated west of the city centre.
The new ‘world class’ facility for research and teaching will have the capacity to hold 520 academic staff and post-graduate researchers and nearly 3,900 undergraduate learning seats.
The works involve the installation of over 600 piles to support the main building structure which will span a total of 27,000 square metres, making it the second largest building on the University’s campus.
Once open, the facility will be one of the largest net-zero-carbon university buildings in the UK.
Emma Haddow, Scottish Business Stream Director for Skanska said: "We are committed to driving down carbon and have a number of measures in place, which include HVO fuelled vehicles and equipment and low carbon concrete. Our in-house thermal integrity profiling technique, CemOptics, will further reduce carbon and improve safety.”
The project is due to commence October 2024 with a programme of approximately 16 weeks. Three rotary drilling rigs and one mini piling rig will be in use during the peak operation period.