Water Row, Govan

The multi-million-pound Water Row Regeneration is the latest phase of development that forms part of the ambitious regeneration of Govan town centre in Glasgow’s Southside.

A major part of this masterplan – which includes the upgrade of shopfronts as well as the creation of the new Govan-Partick Bridge over the River Clyde – is affordable housing, with the first phase comprising 92 mid-market rent homes and 6 commercial premises.

The £17m development, located near Govan Cross, was delivered by Main Contractor CCG (Scotland) on behalf of Govan Housing Association.

Arc-Tech MU delivered a turnkey, dual-fuel utilities package to support the development’s non-gas energy strategy. This included:

Electric:

Design approval for new Electric mains and services
Liaise with DNO and adopt IDNO, and carry out HV electric connection to the existing main
Supply and Installation of HV mains cabling from POC to the new internal substation
Supply and install a new 1MVA substation unit
Supply and installation of 500m of LV mains cabling
Supply and installation of new MSDB’s within the ground floor of each stairwell
Supply and installation of 92No internal electrical services
Excavate, backfill, and reinstate the joint bay for Electric POC as well as offsite track to bring the new electric mains to the site boundary

Water:

Liaise with Scottish Water and carry out a mains connection to the existing SW main
Supply and installation of 239m of mains water pipework
Supply and installation of 6No 63mm Barrier pipe services
Supply and installation of 6No 32mm Barrier pipe services to serve the commercial units
Excavate, backfill, and the joint bay for Water POC as well as offsite track to bring new water mains into the site boundary

Client: Govan HA

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