Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has completed a sustainable mechanical and electrical (m&e) contract for a new £24m community sports hub near Glasgow.
Built by BAM Construction and designed by Cre8 Architecture, Linwood Community Sports Hub will make a major contribution to the regeneration of the area. It combines community spaces, an adult learning disability centre and sport facilities, including three pool areas, a sports hall, squash courts, a fitness suite and dance studios.

Meeting sportscotland's requirement to create high quality, sustainable leisure facilities, BBES has delivered a building services solution that includes a range of environmentally friendly components and off-site manufacturing. This included a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit, underfloor heating, mechanical and natural ventilation systems, water leak detection, energy monitoring, low energy lighting controls and led lighting.

The project also included the integration of occupancy controlled domestic water services to toilets and changing areas. In addition, an intelligent BMS system was installed to allow the control and monitoring of the full site from the facilities management office.

Using off-site manufacture, BBES delivered a fully-serviced plant room which was prefabricated at the company's Modular Systems + facility in Wednesbury, West Midlands. Off-site factory controlled assembly helps to reduce hours on site and offers a much safer approach to construction. It also helps to significantly reduce waste whilst maximising quality control.