Scottish Crime Campus

Scottish Crime Campus, Lanarkshire

Client: Scottish Ministers, Scottish Government, Police and Community Safety Directorate

Architect: BMJ Architects

Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine, Graham Construction and Balfour Beatty

Project value: £82 million

Project team: Mark Irish

Awards:

• Civic Trust Award 2016
• British Council for Offices (BC) Winner for Corporate Workplace 2014
• Excellence in Public Procurement Award 2013

The Scottish Crime Campus is located on a former disused steelworks site in Gartcosh, eight miles east of Glasgow. The steelworks closed in 1986, leaving the site largely derelict in an open clearing some distance from the closest houses and offering fine views of the Lanarkshire hills. All of which combined to create a perfect location for the high-security environment a police HQ would require.

The building design is inspired by the DNA double helix converted into a barcode [a common way of expressing the gene sequence].

The Crime Campus was the first time that a variety of police and judicial agencies are housed under the same roof within a purpose-built, state-of-the-art headquarters, for over 1,100 people.   The main building is a four storey structure arranged around a central atrium and whilst primarily an office development, the building also provides forensic laboratories and support facilities.

RMP provided a full range of acoustic consultancy services throughout the project.