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Irvine Building

University of St Andrews

Exposure Works to the Irvine Building.

The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is housed within the Irvine Building in the historical heart of the University. Following a competitive tender bid, we were appointed to carry out internal stripping out of ceiling, wall and floor finishes to expose the underlying structure to allow a structural engineer to undertake a review and assist in developing a repair scheme to stabilise movement issues within the structure of the building.  The works included the Strip out of ceiling finishes, wall linings, etc to expose the structure; Careful removal of floor coverings and set aside for re-use; Uplift of floorboards/ sheathing etc to expose structure; Cut out areas of cracked resin floor to expose floor structure; Upon completion, reinstatement of all finishes to match existing, including decoration.

As the structural issues presented themselves to the Engineers, we worked closely with them to adapt the original scope of works to what actually required to be done. Extensive scaffold shoring was required to combat point loading and movement of the façade and a series of engineered design restraint straps were fitted to the internal walls.

Our client was delighted with our project management and the completed works.

Exposure Works to the Irvine Building.

Client Lead Consultant Sector
University of St Andrews Avison Young Education
Duration Principal Contractor Value
9 Weeks Cosmos Projects £200k

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Both our clients and our in-house Avison Young Building Consultancy team are happy with the Cosmos Projects team’s project management skills and with their general approach and quality achieved on each project.

Recent projects carried out on our behalf for the University of St Andrews have involved multi-disciplinary trades on challenging sites which regularly remain occupied during the works. These works are always carried out to a high standard, on time and with minimal disruption to our clients and to the building occupiers.

We remain very happy to consider Cosmos Projects for future work. What is very helpful to Avison Young is the excellent estimating and also the post contract QS input from Cosmos which makes cost management very simple to manage for us in any contract administration roles.

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Planet Decorators recently completed taping and decoration works at our second floor office refurbishment project in Castle Terrace, Edinburgh. Our client was absolutely delighted with the quality of the finished job. We look forward to working with John and his team again on future projects.

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We are delighted with our experience of working with Cosmos Projects over the duration of recent projects. We have found Cosmos Project’s team to be refreshingly co-operative and attentive and have a solution-based approach on their outlook to projects. Having worked previously with the management staff, this, we feel assisted with a team approach. Under the direction of Chris McNeill, Cosmos Projects bring a level of client side understanding that, we feel, sets them apart from others, and makes them a contractor of choice when considering tender lists. We would have no hesitation in recommending Cosmos Projects.

Craig Murdoch — Director of Surveying, Ramsay McMichael Consulting Ltd

I worked with Cosmos on the internal and external refurbishment of a Grade ‘B’ listed townhouse in Glasgow city centre. The work included extensive internal improvements to services and finishes to provide speculative office space for let. We collaborated with Cosmos following a competitive tender process and value engineered the project scope and specification in line with our client’s budget requirements.

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