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Mackintosh Building, June 2018 – June 2020 Since June 2018 The Glasgow School of Art has undertaken stabilisation work and ongoing monitoring of the building; significant clearance work to facilitate access requested by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service; detailed photographic surveys and salvage work to inform the rebuild.   Area of the building cleared as part of the works for SFRS access Work

 “The Glasgow School of Art has been advised by Reigart Contracts Ltd that, in line with the guidance from the Scottish Government, the company has suspended clearance work in the Mackintosh Building until further notice. “Reigart Contracts Ltd has put in place a system of on-going checks on the building which will be undertaken throughout the stand down including a

 14 February 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE ISSUE “The major work required to facilitate access to the further areas of the Mackintosh Building requested by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for their ongoing investigations will begin on 24 February 2020. Given the extent of the requested access – along the whole of the south side of the building from Dalhousie Street to

Work to facilitate further SFRS access to the Mackintosh Building set to begin next week Image: view down on to part of the central corridor showing the amount of fire damaged and other material which needs to be removed to facilitated the further access requested by the SFRS. Work to remove fire damaged and other material to facilitate further access

IN RESPONSE TO MIST SUPPRESSION IN TODAY’S MEDIA AND FURTHER RAISED AT THE COMMITTEE A spokesperson for The Glasgow School of Art said: “The percentages referred to in relation to the High Pressure mist suppression system relate to the pre 2014 installation. As a result of the 2014 fire considerable elements of the system were destroyed or damaged. The GSA

Workers braved the elements to complete work on west gable Image: the west gable of the Mackintosh Building showing the specially-designed restraint system over the library tower Workers braved the elements last weekend, including working for hours in the pouring rain on Saturday, to complete the stabilisation of the Mackintosh Building west gable it was revealed today, 19 October 2018.

  Workers take advantage of a gap in the weather to continue work on the west gable of the Mackintosh Building Work to complete the stabilisation of the west gable of the Mackintosh Building has been delayed due to the recent bad weather it was confirmed today, Thursday 11 October 2018. Since the fire the GSA’s teams have worked flat out

West gable work to be completed by 14 October 2018, weather permitting Over 450 tonnes of scaffolding used to brace the east gable and north facade Iconic door panels found as main entrance bracing work undertaken. Work on the bracing scaffolding on the north façade of the Mackintosh Building Over 450 tonnes of steel has been used to brace the

The 8-week programme for the managed down-taking of the dangerous high level elements of the Mackintosh Building is now virtually complete. Bracing scaffolding has also been completed on the east gable and north-east façade rendering the south, east and around half of the north side of the building completely safe. Glasgow City Council has already reduced the security cordon on

“Our number one priority has been getting people back into their homes and business, so we are really pleased to hear this is going ahead this weekend,” says Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “We know the fire has been a huge challenge for our neighbours, especially those who have been displaced for the past 10