A masterplan for a brand new jail in Glasgow, designed by Kier, has been submitted for planning.
Earlier this yr, the Scottish Jail Service awarded Kier the preconstruction providers contract to ship HMP Glasgow, which is about to interchange the nineteenth century HMP Barlinnie.
The submission of the masterplan for the 1,200-inmate facility follows an approval in precept for the scheme made by Glasgow Metropolis Council in 2020.
Kier Building group managing director Stuart Togwell mentioned: “Reaching this necessary milestone has been a workforce effort and Kier has been in a position to contribute its intensive expertise from the broader custodial sector, whereas collaborating carefully with the Scottish Jail Service and different companions, to develop an answer which can ship optimistic outcomes for all stakeholders at this important facility, in addition to the broader group.”
The masterplan sees a variety of adjustments to the preliminary designs, together with the development of 5 smaller houseblocks moderately than the originally-planned three.
This can permit every of the houseblocks to comprise 20 moderately than 30 cells in an try to create a “family” moderately than a “super-wing” method.
The jail will make use of contemporary strategies of development, warmth pumps, passive air flow and sensible applied sciences, based on an announcement from the scheme promoters.
Michael Stoney, governor of HMP Barlinnie main on HMP Glasgow, mentioned the jail plans symbolize a “daring imaginative and prescient which can present the utmost potential profit to those that dwell and work there, and our surrounding communities”.