Site Information Film City Glasgow is a vital production base for much of the feature film and television industry within Scotland. The facilities comprise of production office space, studio/build space, workshop areas, rehearsal/meeting rooms, a café and creative business officers. It is home to over 25 permanent tenants from the screen and wider creative industries. It also has flexible low-cost short-term space hire. Users of the space include Film City Glasgow staff, tenants, short term production teams, freelancers, interns, and occasionally members of the public.
The buildings are owned by Glasgow City Council. The core of the site is the Victoria-era former Govan Town Hall, a Category B listed building. The redevelopment of the site has retained many of the original features of the building. A new extension was added in 2008 and FCG plans to update several parts of the old building in the future.
This case study shares our experience of using the Climate Hazards and Vulnerabilities in the Workplace resource to support Film City Glasgow (FCG) to identify potential climate risks/ vulnerabilities and adaptation actions relevant to the site. It provides details of our approach, and a selection of the types of issues that could be identified for action in similar sites. It should prove useful for those with similar sites and or those working in the film production sector. This case study does not specify what FCG should do on its site.
What we did
Using the Climate Hazards and Vulnerabilities Workplace resource, we undertook a risk assessment through a site visit to Film City Glasgow. We held discussions with personnel from FCG to understand how the site is used, the risk profile of building users, and operations.
Impacts of our changing climate on the screen sector may include: • shooting delays; • less seasonality and harder to schedule; • increased costs and harder to get insurance; • unsafe working conditions and accidents and safety lapses; • travel disruption and infrastructure failure; • equipment overheating and failure; • supply chain disruption; • flood and storm damage; • and health impacts, for example heat stroke, fatigue and food poisoning.
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