The Jack Copland Centre

Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service - The Jack Copland Centre (SNBTS)


“This is an exciting step forward and the fantastic new facility will not only deliver a modern blood supply service to patients, but create a vibrant, modern environment for our staff to work in.” - Colin Sinclair, Chief Executive, National Services Scotland

Reiach and Hall, are lead designers in the SEACOLE consortium (a 50/50 joint venture between Interserve Investments and Kajima Partnerships) which has been selected to provide the new National Centre of excellence for Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

The facilities will provide state of the art laboratories, offices, ancillary buildings and parking. It is a 11,500 sqm purpose-built facility consolidating core activities & services including blood processing & testing, tissues & cells, quality & regulatory functions, research & development, administrative offices, welfare, garaging, fuel storage and plant facilities.

Our design has been developed to provide a practical, elegant “container” in which SNBTS can feel unrestricted in the way they work. The broad floors, the generous ceiling heights and the discreet sophistication of the servicing solutions are intended to facilitate a wide range of SNBTS activities for years to come.


Challenges

The project was to be delivered to an extremely challenging timescale to ensure it is operational in 2016. To enable a fast and efficient construction process, a high degree of off-site fabrication took place, necessitating very close working relationships among the design and delivery supply chains.

Key Benefits

The architectural form of the building is intended to inspire through its clarity of expression, the scale of its internal spaces and the way in which natural light penetrates to the centre of the building. Its architectural clarity corresponds with the need for public legibility.


The development is intended to reflect the ambitions and spirit of the people behind it; the National Centre will become the embodiment of their local identity, a source of SNBTS pride and a place where everyone can participate equally, confidently and independently in everyday activities.

The building is intentionally designed to create happenchance meetings and stimulate interaction between staff. Through the building’s design it will encourage staff retention and recruitment and will allow the workforce not only to carry out their function but also explore new idea and working methods.

* SNBTS was BREEAM Very Good and was completed on budget


  • Contract Value

    £33M

    Area

    11,500m2

    Completion

    2018

    Client

    Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service

    Contract

    Bespoke NPD

  • Architects - Reiach and Hall Architects

    Public Client - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (part of National Services Scotland)

    Private Consortium - Interserve Kajima – JV between Interserve Investments Ltd and Kajima Partnerships Ltd

    Main Contractor - Interserve Construction Ltd

    JV Services Contractor - Balfour Beatty

    MEP Engineers - Buro Happold

    C&S Engineers - Buro Happold

    Pharma Consultants - eXmoor Pharma Concepts

    Landscape Architects - Rankin Fraser

  • Awards

    BCI Awards_Project of the Year Award 2019

    BCI Awards_Social Infrastructure Project of the Year 2019

    AJ_Health and Wellbeing Project of the Year 2018

    RIAS Award 2019

    Finalist_RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland 2019

    Scottish Design Awards_Health Building of the Year 2019

  • Reiach and Hall, are lead designers in the SEACOLE consortium (a 50/50 joint venture between Interserve Investments and Kajima Partnerships) which has been selected to provide the new National Centre of excellence for Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

    The facilities will provide state of the art laboratories, offices, ancillary buildings and parking. It is a 11,500 sqm purpose-built facility consolidating core activities & services including blood processing & testing, tissues & cells, quality & regulatory functions, research & development, administrative offices, welfare, garaging, fuel storage and plant facilities.

    Our design has been developed to provide a practical, elegant “container” in which SNBTS can feel unrestricted in the way they work. The broad floors, the generous ceiling heights and the discreet sophistication of the servicing solutions are intended to facilitate a wide range of SNBTS activities for years to come.

    Challenges

    The project was to be delivered to an extremely challenging timescale to ensure it is operational in 2016. To enable a fast and efficient construction process, a high degree of off-site fabrication took place, necessitating very close working relationships among the design and delivery supply chains.

    Key Benefits

    The architectural form of the building is intended to inspire through its clarity of expression, the scale of its internal spaces and the way in which natural light penetrates to the centre of the building. Its architectural clarity corresponds with the need for public legibility. The development is intended to reflect the ambitions and spirit of the people behind it; the National Centre will become the embodiment of their local identity, a source of SNBTS pride and a place where everyone can participate equally, confidently and independently in everyday activities.

    The building is intentionally designed to create happenchance meetings and stimulate interaction between staff. Through the building’s design it will encourage staff retention and recruitment and will allow the workforce not only to carry out their function but also explore new idea and working methods.

    “This is an exciting step forward and the fantastic new facility will not only deliver a modern blood supply service to patients, but create a vibrant, modern environment for our staff to work in.”

    Colin Sinclair, Chief Executive, National Services Scotland

    * SNBTS was BREEAM Very Good and was completed on budget

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