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To ensure we are contributing to tackling the housing emergency in Glasgow we are maximising the number of homes available for use.
The timely turnaround of void properties is crucial to making as many homes as possible available to reduce timescales.
Our specialist teams provide a one stop shop service, are able to identify the necessary repairs and maintenance required to ensure properties are fit for purpose quickly.
We work closely with housing officers and clients to quickly agree programmes of work and use our multi trade teams, including specialist areas of asbestos, electrical and gas trade operatives to implement clear work plans within agreed timescales.
Our investment teams have the scale and flexibility of our multi-disciplinary workforce with broad experience to allow us to deliver complex projects of all scope and size across a variety of built forms. These teams are able to offer expertise for refurbishments of any size.
As part of an investment-led cosmetic improvement initiative, 19 residential blocks in Barmulloch underwent an external upgrade.
While structurally sound, the properties received a full facelift, including external cleaning and repainting.
Works followed a clear sequence: scaffolding erection, power washing with specialist cleaning agents, minor render repairs where necessary, and finally, painting.
Once completed, each block was snagged, signed off by the client, and the scaffold removed.
The project delivered a visible uplift to the area’s appearance, supporting wider regeneration goals while avoiding disruptive structural interventions.
As the home of Glasgow’s Community and Safety Services, the Eastgate office block is used by around 500 people to maintain public safety and wellbeing.
It is now also one of the city’s ‘smartest’ office blocks, incorporating advanced technology that enables energy-consuming features, including heating and lighting, to communicate with each other and switch off when rooms are unoccupied.
Constructed 12 years ago, the building included impressive sustainability measures, such as solar panels and heat pumps, but the technology controlling its heating, hot water and ventilation had become outdated.
They were also operating in isolation, creating inefficiency.
City Building’s expert Building Management Systems team spent three months upgrading and integrating these systems before connecting them with the building’s electricity meters and a new LED-lighting system.
Their work has delivered a fully automated building management system that can be controlled and monitored in real-time using a laptop, desktop, tablet or smart phone and will significantly reduce energy consumption, lowering both bills and carbon emissions.
As one of the country’s leading providers of craft apprenticeships and training, we understand how the right training can make all the difference to your ultimate business success. We recognise the strategic importance of training towards improved service delivery to our customers.
In today’s fast-paced commercial business environment organisations require well-trained and highly-skilled professionals with the right skills, qualifications and attitude to meet the competitive challenges of the modern commercial market. Our unique combination of high quality training and on-site experience on a wide range of projects means we are well placed to help you meet your business objectives.
We work in partnership with local colleges to ensure a wide ranging contemporary training programme is available to ensure the optimum balance of training and development workshops support business investment in people and resources.
Our fully-equipped SQA-approved College and Learning Centre combine practical workshops and classrooms, using the latest IT equipment for example Smartboards and Internet connectivity, to provide an excellent education experience for learners to gain on-the-job experience.
City Building enjoys a long track record of delivering high quality training and apprenticeship services to both public sector and commercial organisations; while benefiting from continuing experience in training and support for people with disabilities through RSBi, one of the largest supported employment facilities in the UK.