BMS Building, North Haugh

University of St Andrews

Following a successful competitive tender bid, we were appointed to carry out cladding replacement works for the University of St Andrews at the BMS Building.

The scope of the works was as follows:

  • We supplied and erected a fully buttressed scaffold system to the front façade of the Building to prevent disruptive fixtures to the building façade;
  • We stripped out all existing opaque Curtain Walling spandrel panels, debonded existing Styrofoam pads to the rear of the panels and replaced them with a non-combustible Insulation panel accordingly (KNAUF Earthwool Duo Slab), and refitted the spandrel panels;
  • During debonding and replacement of insulation, we carried out the renewal of both glazing gaskets & pressure plates to the affected panel areas;
  • We stripped out the existing fire protection which remained in situ in various areas discovered during a prior site visit which had all been ill-fitted previously;
  • We supplied & installed horizontal and vertical fire breaks to column and slab edges, with foil-backed slab-edge system during cladding remedial works.
  • We foil taped the edges of the insulation slab to the perimeter of the spandrel to provide greater resistance to any potential water ingress, and resultant “slumping” of the insulation slab, should this ever occur.

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

 

Client Lead Consultant Sector
University of St Andrews Cosmos Projects Education
Duration Principal Contractor Value
10 Weeks GVA £300k

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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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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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