Scottish Water is ready to develop its National Operations Centre near Glasgow and has appointed BAM as the preferred bidder to build the scheme.

BAM Construction has been appointed as preferred bidder to build a £15 million National Operations Centre for Scottish Water.

The contractor would deliver an ultra sustainable new build office with a new Intelligent Control Centre and Data Centre at Stepps, near Glasgow for the utilities organisation.

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The four-storey, 7,300 sq m building will be designed around a central atrium to maximise the use of natural ventilation and light.

The building will utilise the thermal mass of the concrete frame and will include a biomass boiler, thermal water heating and photovoltaic panels

BAM will also use sustainable urban drainage systems and rainwater harvesting to further boost the building’s environmental performance.

It is proposed that work starts on site in February 2012 and be completed in summer 2013.

(CD)