“The Glasgow School of Art has asked for a retraction and correction of the inaccurate and misleading headline in today’s Times (Scotland).
“Any suggestion that The Glasgow School of Art has in any way or at any time “denied access” to the Mackintosh Building for the SFRS is absolutely untrue.
“Throughout the investigation the GSA has done everything that the SFRS has asked in order for them to conduct their investigation. We are as keen as everyone to know what happened to our building when it was under the day to day control of Kier Construction Scotland, who are currently being left unchallenged.”
For information:
- The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has asked for access to a further area of the building as part of their ongoing investigation
- In order to facilitate access to that area a significant amount of material will need to be cleared
- The work to ensure this further access will begin imminently
- The GSA will make sure that the access can be obtained as soon as possible, but it is very complex work and will take some time. It anticipated that SFRS will get the access requested before Christmas
- The SFRS have stated publicly that their investigation is entering its final phase
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For further information contact;
Lesley Booth,
07799414474
press@gsa.ac.uk
@GSofAMedia