McIntosh Hall, Abbotsford Crescent, St Andrews

University of St Andrews

External Fabric Repairs, Reroofing Project and Internal Redecoration.

We were delighted to be appointed to carry out external fabric repairs, re-roofing works and internal redecoration works for the University of St Andrews at Mcintosh Hall, a 4 storey B-listed building incorporating halls of residence for students located within the conservation area of the town.

The external works comprised:

  • Stripping and re-slating of all pitched roofs to the west section of property.
  • Routering to remove the tongue from the tongued and grooved sarking boards to allow for improved ventilation through the roof.
  • Installing a breather membrane and 5U felt above the sarking boards.
  • Replacing lead ridge cappings, re-raggling and replacing flashings.
  • Replacing 2 cupola roof lights and Removing existing cast iron roof light.
  • Carefully removing the existing tank room and infilling the gap in the roof.
  • Replacing and/or redecorating all cast iron rainwater goods.
    Installation of additional roof outlet and drainage from the central flat roof.
  • Repairing and/or redecorating of timber sash and casement windows.
  • Taking down and rebuilding of stone boundary walling.
  • Clearing all below ground surface water drainage.
  • Formation of complex flat roof basin within the pitch roofs consisting of leadwork of various codes.
  • Stonework repairs to all elevations including lintel replacements and applying trowel mastic to all windows.
  • Removal and re-cast of concrete pathway to car park area.
  • Installation of stainless-steel perimeter railings to roof to form roof edge protection.

Internal works included:

  • Installation of ornate cornice to bedrooms and hallway areas.
  • Redecoration of bedrooms and communal areas.

The most significant programme challenge was managing the inclement weather during the complete overhaul of the roof structure. Our client was delighted with our project management and the finished product.

External Fabric Repairs, Reroofing Project and Internal Redecoration.

Client Lead Consultant Sector
University of St Andrews Avison Young Education
Duration Principal Contractor Value
14 Weeks Cosmos Projects £492k

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Avison Young have worked closely with Cosmos Projects on various types of contracts for over seven years now.

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.

Murray Watson — Director, Avison Young

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.

Marcus Roy - Project Manager, Woodhouse Contracts Ltd

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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