Harrow Green has been working in partnership with the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) to carry out the relocation of staff and facilities to the university’s new £70 million Ayr campus.

The new campus will provide one of Scotland’s most modern, environmentally friendly and sustainable Higher Education learning environments. The major development is a collaboration between the University of the West of Scotland and SAC and was scheduled to open in September 2011.

Harrow Green worked closely with the transformation team to meet the target date. The project involved the relocation of approximately 240 UWS and 50 SAC staff, including associated office belongings, and involved the packing and unpacking of IT equipment, filing, resource materials and general office equipment from the current Ayr campus to the new site on the banks of the River Ayr. The Harrow Green team managed the sequential packing, transfer and sequential unpacking of some 1,000 linear metres, including materials from the classrooms and central store areas.

Harrow Green also handled the disconnection, packing, relocation, unpacking and re-connection of desktop IT on the new Ayr campus. There were around 500 units to be safely relocated.

“This is an important development for the region,” said Aidan Robertson, who handled the project out of Harrow Green’s Glasgow offices. “It’s a magnificent facility in a terrific setting. We’re very pleased to have had a role in getting the new campus up and running for the start of the academic year.”

Photo: The new Ayr campus – courtesy of Renzo Mazzolini.