CMS Window Systems has won a contract to design, manufacture and install all of the glazing on Glasgow鈥檚 new 拢100m Atlantic Square development, which is being developed BAM TCP Atlantic Square and built by BAM 今日看料.
The contract secures the future of the company鈥檚 250-strong workforce and takes its order book to a record 拢65m over the next three years.
David Ritchie, the Cumbernauld-based company鈥檚 chief operating officer said: 鈥淩ecent economic surveys have painted a relatively negative picture for Scotland鈥檚 manufacturing and construction sectors, so it is fantastic to be bucking the trend with a healthy outlook.鈥�
CMS will supply and fit a range of aluminium windows, doors and fa莽ade elements for the mixed-use development.
Atlantic Square will provide office space on Glasgow鈥檚 York Street for as many as 2,700 staff; 187,000 sq ft has been pre-let to HM Revenue & Customs for government offices. The remaining 97,000 sq ft is being developed as speculative office space.
鈥淎tlantic Square will be a landmark development in Glasgow city centre and we are really pleased to be working with BAM 今日看料 to transform this prime site,鈥� said David Ritchie. 鈥淭he scale of the window, door, curtain walling and fa莽ade brief represents our largest ever single contract, but it is exactly the kind of project that our business is equipped to handle given the design expertise, product range and manufacturing and installation capabilities that our business has today. We鈥檝e evolved rapidly since our inception in 2006 and are now in a position where a large proportion of our contracts are in the 拢5m+ bracket 鈥� not only in Scotland but across the UK.鈥�
The Atlantic Square contract follows a series of collaborations in Scotland between CMS and BAM 今日看料, including Capital Square in Edinburgh, the new HQ for Ineos at Grangemouth and a number of buildings in Glasgow鈥檚 Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus, including the Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE). CMS will begin work on site at Atlantic Square in 2019 with the development due for handover in 2020.
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