Drumbrae Library Hub, Edinburgh

Drumbrae Library Hub, Edinburgh

Client: Hub South East
Architect: Keppie Design
Cost: £5.7m

A new facility bringing together a library, neighbourhood office and access to Council services, The Police Safer Neighbourhood Team, community meeting rooms and Adult Day Care, all under one roof.

The Drumbrae Library Hub is a £5.7million investment in the local community delivered on time and on budget.  Extensive community engagement work has been undertaken to make this a facility which truly suits the needs of the community and its users.

This successful project represents the first hub development to be delivered in Scotland, and is a key milestone for the Hub South East Scotland Territory programme.  Hub South East Scotland Ltd, appointed its supply chain partner, Morrison Construction, to realise the construction of this exciting new facility as a Design & Build project.

This project was delivered with the programme timescale.

Areas in which WRD were able to add value were as follows:-

• Detailed desktop study to establish economical foundation solution and suitable gas protection on contaminated site
• Advanced civils design developed in close coordination with Architect and M&E Engineer to fit SUDS rainwater attenuation, car parking and geothermal heating on a highly constrained and steeply sloping site.
• Acted as one-stop liaison between Building Control, Local Flood Officer, Roads Department and Scottish Water to ensure that new private/public drainage design was coordinated and compliant with statutory requirements.
• Provided flexible specification and technical support to procurement team to maximise options from supply chain whilst ensuring compliance with structural and BREEAM requirementsA new facility bringing together a library, neighbourhood office and access to Council services, The Police Safer Neighbourhood Team, community meeting rooms and Adult Day Care, all under one roof.The Drumbrae Library Hub is a £5.7million investment in the local community delivered on time and on budget.  Extensive community engagement work has been undertaken to make this a facility which truly suits the needs of the community and its users.This successful project represents the first hub development to be delivered in Scotland, and is a key milestone for the Hub South East Scotland Territory programme.  Hub South East Scotland Ltd, appointed its supply chain partner, Morrison Construction, to realise the construction of this exciting new facility as a Design & Build project.This project was delivered with the programme timescale.Areas in which WRD were able to add value were as follows:-
  • Detailed desktop study to establish economical foundation solution and suitable gas protection on contaminated site
  • Advanced civils design developed in close coordination with Architect and M&E Engineer to fit SUDS rainwater attenuation, car parking and geothermal heating on a highly constrained and steeply sloping site.
  • Acted as one-stop liaison between Building Control, Local Flood Officer, Roads Department and Scottish Water to ensure that new private/public drainage design was coordinated and compliant with statutory requirements.
  • Provided flexible specification and technical support to procurement team to maximise options from supply chain whilst ensuring compliance with structural and BREEAM requirements