14 . Glasgow Business August 2016
MEMBER NEWS Conservation
Restored clock tower at GoMA unveiled
Work to restore the clock tower at one of Glasgow’s most famous buildings has been completed. Restoration work at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) focused on the clock tower and weather vane, which were repaired and reinstated. Previously coated in stained
cream masonry paint and cement repairs, together with vegetation growing out of the Corinthian column bases, the clock tower has undergone an extensive series of conservation repairs. Glasgow Life, which manages GoMA, instructed conservation-accredited architects at the Glasgow studio of Austin- Smith:Lord to assess the condition of the tower. The work was undertaken by City Building Group
LLP and CBC Stone and the project received financial grant support from Historic Environment Scotland. Initially the team began
repairing the tower by cleaning off old paint, which was causing damage to the stonework, redecorating the clock face and removing vegetation. However, during the examination of the sandstone masonry, the restorers discovered some serious errors in the way in which the original tower had been constructed, between 1827 and 1829. This necessitated more extensive restorations, including replacing stones that were incorrectly bedded in the past.
Rhona Baillie, Chief Executive of PPWH, is joined by City Legacy Directors Calum Murray, Ed Monaghan, Martin Keily and John Gallacher
Brick by Brick Appeal
City Legacy reaches target of £90,000 donation
City Legacy, the developers of the Athletes’ Village, have presented a cheque for £30,000 to the Brick by Brick Appeal. The appeal is raising funds to build a new home for Glasgow’s Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. In 2015, City Legacy – a
consortium of four Glasgow-based companies CCG, Cruden, WH Malcolm and Mactaggart & Mickel – pledged to donate £300 to the appeal for each of the 300 homes sold at The Village. Two donations of £30,000 have already been made to the hospice as the homes were quickly snapped up, and with The Village now completely
sold out, this third £30,000 donation takes the grand total to a fantastic £90,000. The hospice’s Brick by Brick
Appeal is raising the £21m needed to build a new, purpose-built facility in the city’s Bellahouston Park. The foundations go down this summer and patients are expected to move in 2018. The aim is to bring 21st century hospice care to the people of Glasgow, a major step forward in the provision of palliative care services, providing the flexibility to develop and improve services and lower the age limit of patients to 15 years and over.
Development Launch of an inspired project
Scottish luxury jeweller ROX, one of the UK’s most exciting and inspiring jewellery retailers, has selected technical marketing agency Yard to implement and run a programme of digital marketing and analytics activities for the
rox.co.uk domain The project will cover
search, content, conversion rate optimisation and analytics. The main objective of the partnership is to help ROX cement a solid web presence and use this platform to increase sales and subsequently revenue through a combination of conventional and innovative activities.
Co-founders of ROX Kyron Keogh and Grant Mitchell
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