Work starts on BT’s new city offices

has officially sta rted on BT’s new mu lt imillion pound offices at Dundee waterfront.

The West Marketgait development will house 1,000 staff and is due to be completed by 2024.

The new building, at the rear of former record shop Groucho’s, will have what designers describe as a “street landscape”.

This includes areas where workers can socialise while enjoying views over Dundee and the River Tay.

The new office will be open plan with hot desking, with a view to providing plenty of space for collaboration.

The project is being developed by Crucible Developments and built by Ogilvie Construction with the help of its young apprentices.

The i nvestment is a huge vote of confidence in Dundee by BT, one of the city’s largest employers.

Rob Shuter, chief executive of BT

Enterprise, said: “It’s a positive time of regeneration in Dundee. We’re thrilled to be part of that story by building our new state-of-the-art office, which will become home to nearly 1,000 of our colleagues, securing vital jobs within the economy.

“Right now, our key industries are on the cusp of a technological revolution as Scotland prepares to make the switch from analogue to digital ways of working.

“Our teams based at our Scottish offices, including Dundee, will be key to Scotland’s economic success.”

Teams based in Dundee include those providing customer service support to consumer and small-business customers.

BT staff currently work from offices in Ward Road, which opened in 1976.

In summer 2020, BT identified Dundee as one of its key locations and its intention to provide a “future-fit” workplace.

The Dundee investment is part of BT’s Better Workplace Programme, described as the largest workplace improvement and consolidation scheme of its type ever undertaken in the UK.

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes visited the Dundee site as work got under way.

She said: “This represents another key milestone in Dundee’s £1 billion economic regeneration.

“The state-of-the-art facility will provide nearly 1,000 quality jobs.

“This latest investment reinforces Dundee’s standing as a centre of technological excellence with a highly skilled workforce.”

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