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4 PROJECT OF THE YEAR - OVER £1M Linear Projects linearuk.com CONTRACT JamesMcCune Smith LearningHub, GlasgowUniversity ARCHITECT HLM CATEGORY SPONSOR Named after the pioneering James McCune Smith, the first African American to be awarded a medical degree and an alumnus of Glasgow University, the Learning and Teaching Hub is a world-leading facility with a variety of interactive lecture theatres, small group rooms, break-out and study areas. This was the first new build of a £1 billion investment programme that Glasgow University have undertaken. Linear Projects installed a vast array of visually stunning multi-coloured ceilings, rafts, baffles and wall panels including Hunter Douglas timber slatted ceilings, Knauf AMF baffles and rafts - trapezoidal, circular, triangular, square and rectangular, bespoke Heradesign rafts and wall panels, Ecophon solo baffles, SAS black open Mesh 200/330 ceilings and bulkheads as well as plasterboard ceilings, margins and bulkheads. The main challenges lay with setting out of shaped rafts and baffles to a variety of designs with differing layouts and levels throughout the building. Each individual fixing point to the entirety of the panels had to be specifically measured, set out and transferred to the soffit. Standard modular Heradesign products were used to create bespoke largescale rafts. Great care had to be taken whilst cutting and joining quite a fragile product. SAS Mesh 22/330 was a hybrid system to meet the specific needs of the project, integrating this system and interfacing with curved bronzed bulkheads showcased the skills of the workforce.