Iona Community Development Programme

AGM 30 May 2015 What dealing with?

• Staff accommodation already either improved or underway

• Abbey • Welcome Centre • Macleod Centre Abbey brief – or the challenge set by Council

• Improve mobility access • Get rid of bunks but retain number of bed spaces (40) • Get rid of communal bathrooms, but only a couple of ‘ensuite’ • Make the Abbey warm – so it can be used all winter Peter’s letter –––the approach

• Accessibility – inclusiveness • New entrance • Lift • Accessible bathrooms • Individual bathrooms • Flexibility • More personal space for reflection and group work • Sustainability • Better thermal insulation and new heating system using renewable energy • Improving sound insulation • Upgrade kitchen and server to modern standards Process – or how we are working

• Partnership with Historic Scotland • Part of project team • External work • Improving windows

• Good design team • Roots Design Workshop • Islay based – Iona Housing Partnership and new waiting room for NTS • Morham and Brotchie (QS) • Oban based – know island issues and costings • AMA (heating, electrical and services) • Church of Scotland advisor Domino – or a game of consequences

1. We want (need) sole use of Abbot’s House 2. Move Historic Scotland to cloisters 3. Move staff to Welcome Centre 4. Shuggie’s store to be moved 5. Start to look at joint maintenance facility with HS, NTS and others - part of the Mac development New Entrance for IC guests

• The only external change

Internal changes – it’s strip out not fit out!

• Lift and new stair • Insulation – both thermal and acoustic • New heating system • Airsource heat pump • Reduced CO2 and heating bills • Refectory floor levelled with kitchen • Improves Health and Safety, sound insulation, underfloor heating • Replace McNeil Library • Individual bathrooms (and drainage and improved septic tank!) Bedrooms

• Bespoke furniture to make best use of space • Made by Glasgow Wood Coop (incl. GalGael) as part of our social commitment • Clothes storage • Workspace • Install one this winter to test it out + - the other things!

• The Library • Corridors made more attractive and easier to move around in • Common Room • No longer a corridor • To be useable for meetings – accessible space • Library • Better tea facilities • Chapterhouse still available – but never wheelchair accessible • Wired for internet

Programme Programme ––– developments over the next two years • Already – new electric cookers • Already – looking at preferred contractor • Historic Scotland thermal imaging • Intrusive surveys (incl. final asbestos check) winter 2015/16 • One bedroom winter 2015/16 – housekeeping and guest test • Relocate laundry winter 2015/16 Programme ––– developments over the next two years • Finalise design and cost June 2016 • Welcome Centre upgrade winter 2016/17 • Main tender acceptance April 2017 • Contractor preparatory work April – August 2017 • Main works September 2017 – Pentecost (hope) 2018 Logistic Challenges

• Abbey remains open to Historic Scotland visitors • Accommodation to be provided for workforce (up to 30) • Propose to use the Mac – out of use from August 2017 • IC to provide hospitality • Weather and ferries • Storage – both for contractor and IC • Site access • Off site construction Costs (approximate) • Welcome Centre 10% • Accessibility 35% • Flexibility 20% • Sustainability 35% ------• Total budget £2,500,000 ------• Cost control approach • Going through with a fine comb • Using Mac will save a six figure sum Costs – some of the key elements

• 1. New Entrance £55,000 • 2. Lift & Stairs £65,000 • 3. Bedrooms £370,000 (£9,250/bed space) • 4. Refectory/Gallery £90,000 NOTE • 5. Bathrooms £330,000 These are all indicative • 6. Heating/Vent £510,000 costs and are subject to • 7. Insulation £240,000 change as the negotiations • 8. Kitchen £110,000 develop The Mac – after the Abbey • Peter’s letter set out the direction of travel… •Residential accommodation – an IC continuing role, but with others making use of it (e.g. UHI and NTS) •Education and Training – not just with UHI, for the island as a whole, including high speed broadband •Conservation and maintenance – including the HS reserve collection of Iona stones at the Columba Centre in and which could be displayed and available for study at the MacLeod Centre. The Mac – next stages

• Exploratory discussions with the Island community, UHI, HS, MICT, and NTS • No commitment other than exploration • Will require both a reconfiguration and an extension to the Mac. The Community owns the land; discussions with NTS about extending the land available have begun. • Business Plan – MICT; funding HIE