Sir Robert McAlpine has started work on Scotland’s largest college project to build two new campuses in central Glasgow.
The £228m plan will see City of Glasgow College redevelop its
existing sites on Cathedral Street and at Thistle Street, which is
on the banks of the River Clyde.
The Glasgow Learning Quarter consortium, which includes McAlpine
and Forth Electrical Services, fought competition from Bam for the
25-year concession to design, build, finance and maintain the new
campus.
The 700,000sq ft development will comprise two new buildings
constructed on college land at Cathedral Street in Glasgow city
centre and at Thistle Street on the banks of the River Clyde.
The super college was formed in 2010 through the merger of
Central, Metropolitan and Nautical Colleges.
The College has used the Scottish Futures Trust's Non Profit
Distributing financing model, and is expected to create 170 new
jobs during construction, a minimum of 40 modern
apprenticeships.