Turner & Townsend has been appointed by New Campus Glasgow Ltd to become a technical advisor, providing project management services for the new city centre £300m co-location campus, believed to be the first and largest of its kind in the UK.

Four Glasgow city centre colleges are involved in the project, Glasgow Metropolitan, Central College, Stow College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.

The four colleges currently operate on 11 sites that are generally not fit for purpose. They aim to create a modern, flexible and environmentally sustainable estate which will create a first class teaching environment, shaped by a 21st Century curriculum, meeting the training and education needs of the people of Glasgow and Scotland.

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Coming during a time of considerable investment within the Scottish further education sector, the investment will enable the colleges to meet the strategic objectives of the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council.

Planned over two integrated sites, the new facilities will be in the region of 75,000m², and will accommodate 50,000 students and 2,000 staff. A phased development, it is expected work will begin on site in early 2011 and will be completed by end 2016.

Martin Hamilton, Director, Turner & Townsend, said: "We are delighted to be working on the New Campus Glasgow project, an exciting and innovative project for Glasgow, bringing our extensive experience and knowledge from the education sector to help the Colleges achieve their vision for the future."

(GK/JM)