177 Bothwell Street

Woolgar Hunter has provided civil & structural engineering design services in the development of a major project to create a new 14 storey steel framed commercial building in the centre of Glasgow.

The project involves developing a brownfield site formerly occupied by the Albany Hotel to construct a new 305,000sq ft Grade A office building. The construction includes a new double basement to house plant rooms, car & cycle parking and changing facilities. The substructure is constructed in reinforced concrete with the superstructure constructed as a steel frame from universal beams and plated girders acting compositely with a concrete slab above laid on metal decking. The beams have a combination of circular and rectangular cut openings to allow service integration within the beam depths. The floorplates have been designed with 15.775m clear spans and reduced internal columns to provide flexibility to the tenant while vertical circulation such as lift shafts and stair cores are located in a central reinforced concrete core that also provides stability to the structure.

The building will be fully clad in curtain walling to the North, East and West facades to maximise the natural light reaching the floorplates. Level 13 of the building has a rooftop running track. Steel transfer beams have been Included at upper levels to provide steps along the front facade.