John Wheatley College, East End Campus, Glasgow
| Contact Details: | Ian Graham, Principal: igraham@jwheatley.ac.uk Alex Kirk, Depute Principal: akirk@jwheatley.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | New build. A proportion of the funding was part of the Scottish Funding Council's regeneration of FE estate funding. The College's existing Shettleston building was no longer fit for purpose. |
| Start/End Date: | The building was handed over to John Wheatley College on 12 March 2007. |
Lessons Learned
Consideration was given to installing the College's own sewage system as a result of difficulties with obtaining a connection to public sewers. The system was not built but the College had to provide a £500k attenuation tank to mitigate the effects of its foul and surface water on the public sewers.
Original Geotechnical surveys were undertaken without the building footprint being known. This resulted in the necessity for further surveys at a later date.
The floor covering in the main open area on the ground floor is made of Chinese granite. This has proved to be very porous and marks easily. The initial sealant applied to them was not sufficient. The tiles have had to be cleaned and re-sealed within a few months of the building opening.
In this case there is almost nothing transferring from the College's Shettleston building and no legacy system transfer. This makes the relocation easier but places reliance of the installation of new technologies.
A small number of the projectors have had to be re-fitted due to unsatisfactory installation by the supplier but this has not been a major problem. This type of problem could reasonably be considered inevitable given the volume of IT installations in a short space of time involved in a project such as this.
