Infrastructure work to begin on University Place
Parking will be removed and barriers erected on University Place from 12 August to allow for infrastructure and landscaping works
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August 2019 edition out now -
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James McCune Smith Learning Hub tops out
Key point reached in construction of new learning and teaching hub
Phase 1A: 2017 - 2021
James McCune Smith Learning Hub
The £90.6 million James McCune Smith Learning Hub will provide a state of the art learning and the teaching facility with the capacity for over 2,500 students. To be completed in academic year 2019/20 it is the first building to be delivered through our campus development programme. To be completed: Academic year 2019/20
Joseph Black Building
The iconic Joseph Black Building is undergoing a £34 million refurbishment to give the A-listed, art moderne building a new lease of life. The renovation will not only preserve its heritage by renewing the infrastructure and refurbishing the fabric of the building, it will also make it fit for the world class research and teaching which takes place there on a day to day basis.
Research Hub
The £113 million Research Hub will be a vibrant, creative and collaborative heart for the Western campus. It will house around 600 academics, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students working across five specific themes. The ground floor will be accessible to the University and the wider community and will become a forum for knowledge exchange and public engagement.
College of Arts building
This new building will allow co-location of parts of the College of Arts in Phase 1A, with the entire college relocating in Phase 2. Expected completion date of Phase 1: 2022.
Clarice Pears Building
The Clarice Pears Building will house the University's Institute of Health and Wellbeing. This will enable the relocation of staff from MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at Renfield Street and staff at Gartnavel General Hospital to the Gilmorehill Campus. Expected completion date: summer 2021
Adam Smith Business School
The Adam Smith Business School will relocate to a modern, purpose built facility on the Western site, which will have more space for PGT growth, research and teaching. Completion date, late 2021.
Infrastructure
The University is investing £70 million in infrastructure to connect new buildings and create new civic spaces.
Kelvin Hall
Creating a new academic and cultural destination for Scotland and the UK.
Phase 1B: 2022 - 2026
Social Justice Hub
To be created in the Gilbert Scott Building. Occupants will move in over Phases 1B and 2.
Innovation Zone
To be developed on the former Western Infirmary site and along Church Street.
Joseph Black Building finished
Remaining MVLS activities will move from the Joseph Black Building, creating decant space for Chemistry.
Phase 2: 2027 - 2035
Phase 2 projects are out of the scope of the existing capital plan, but business cases for the following projects will be developed:
- Complete the move of the College of Arts
- Complete the move for Engineering
- Move Mathematics and Statistics into a permanent location
Our partners
Our partners
Project Managers
Construction Programme Delivery Partner
Enabling work and demolition
Architects
- Masterplan for the Western Site – Aecom and 7N Architects
- Learning and Teaching Hub – HLM Architects
- Research Hub – HOK Architects
- Conservation Architects – Simpson and Brown