Athletes' Village

The Athletes Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games were situated on a 35 hectare site, in the east end of Glasgow. The whole project was designed by the Paul Stallan Studio @ RMJM. At first the site was used as accommodation for up to 8000 athletes and officials from all over the Commonwealth nations, as well as providing a retail area, recreation area, dining hall and medical facilities for the athletes. After the commonwealth games the site was further developed and has up to 1,400 homes, a portion of which are available for social rental.Planning and constructionWork first began for the project in August 2009, with the City Legacy Consortium chose the 35 hectare site in the east end of Glasgow. The site was previously a mix of residential, industrial and open spaces with significant areas of vacant land with approximately 1,600 people living in the immediate are in around 859 households.The Athletes Village has created up 1,500 jobs in Glasgow ranging from architects and designers to apprentices and highly skilled tradesmen from all over the world.Site Clearance was required to allow the selective excavation of around 140,000m³ of contaminated soils and materials from different sections across 33 hectares out of the 35 hectare site. The majority of which was treated on site to permit its reuse. Soil washing using a bespoke plant – which was assembled specifically for this contract – was used on roughly 100,000m³. This method of soil washing is an extremely sustainable remediation option which took place on site. As a result, very little of the material had to go to landfill meaning less lorry movements; thus reducing costs and carbon footprint which is a key target of the games as well as the Scottish Parliament.