MACKINTOSH BUILDING STATEMENT: Joint statement by The Glasgow School of Art and Kier Construction Limited

June 29, 2018


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Following the fire on 15 June, The Glasgow
School of Art and Kier Construction Limited confirm they have jointly concluded
that the current contract for the Mackintosh Building restoration will end with
immediate effect. Both parties agreed that the current contract could no longer
be fulfilled or completed.
Kier Construction Limited was appointed in
June 2016 as main contractor to deliver the works for the restoration of the
Mackintosh Building. At contract award the value was circa £25m and
the works were scheduled for completion in January 2019. 
The Glasgow School of Art acknowledges the
work Kier Construction Limited and its appointed sub-contractors had undertaken
to date.