A Capita Symonds project, the Kelvingrove New Century Project, has been commended in the global final of the RICS awards.
The awards - which brought together outstanding building projects from the UK, Europe and Australia - recognise excellence, value for money and a commitment to building conservation.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum saw off 74 other building projects for the ‘commended’ accolade in the building conservation category, narrowly missing out on the top spot to Beeleigh Abbey in Essex.
A team from the Glasgow office – led by Regional Director Gordon Malcolm – provided project and construction management on the £30m programme to refurbish the Glasgow museum, which is a category A-Listed Building and the fourth best attended museum in the UK.
The project, which was awarded Scotland’s largest single Heritage Lottery Grant, won the ‘Building Conservation’ category at the RICS Scotland awards earlier this year.
RICS Scotland Director Graeme Hartley said: “To be commended in a global awards final shows Scotland has world-class building projects. The judges were impressed by the scale and care taken to successfully deliver a very demanding project like Kelvingrove. As a category A-listed building, the team had to be careful to safeguard and enhance the building and its surroundings whilst bringing it into the 21st century. The number of visitors to Kelvingrove endorses the success of the project”.
RICS Scotland Director Graeme Hartley said: “To be commended in a global awards final shows Scotland has world-class building projects. The judges were impressed by the scale and care taken to successfully deliver a very demanding project like Kelvingrove. As a category A-listed building, the team had to be careful to safeguard and enhance the building and its surroundings whilst bringing it into the 21st century. The number of visitors to Kelvingrove endorses the success of the project”.
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