October 30, 2024
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The newly-extended Joint Cadet Centre (JCC) in Dingwall was handed back to Highland RFCA on 4 October following months of improvement works.
The £1.3 million project (pictured above as it neared completion) increased the size of the existing 1st Battalion The Highlanders Army Cadet Force (ACF) building, enabling it to become a facility shared by young people and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV) from the Royal Air Force Air Cadets (RAFAC).
Two classrooms, two offices and two storerooms were added to the existing building footprint.
In addition, solar panels were installed on the Highlander accommodation block.
Scaffolding in place as finishing touches were added to the exterior of the extension.
Complex earlier work saw concrete foundations poured on top of the nine metre piles needed to support the extension (due to the challenges of the site being below the water table).
Dundee-based architecture and interior design firm Andrew Black Design delivered the project. Earlier this year the firm signed the Armed Forces Covenant. It has also received the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Bronze Award.
The building is net zero due to the use of green technologies and will allow for the disposal of the two stand-alone ACF and RAFAC properties located across the road.
