GLM’s Year in Numbers – A review of 2021
To summarise what was an exciting, varied and at times uncertain year, GLM reflected on 2021 through our year in numbers.
Celebrating 20 years at GLM : 2007 – Nile Grove
“I need to have moved in by this time next year.” So were the final instructions from our Client who had just bought a large Victorian Villa in Morningside that had recently closed its doors as a care home. No pressure there then! This slant on the brief really dictated how the project was set […]
Project Update : New Build Chapel on the West Coast
Work is continuing well on site. All the stones for the apse vault have now been cut and are ready to erect. This took a bit longer than planned with several meetings at the stone yard as we tried to twist our brains around how to cut the complex shapes. The trickiest are where an […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS AT GLM : 2004 – Morridgehall Cottage
David Johnson first joined GLM back in 1997 and now heads up the architecture team. In the run up to the 20 year anniversary of David being at GLM he will share with us some of his favourite projects through the years and the odd photo along the way too! Our project at Morridgehall for […]
PROJECT UPDATE: NEW BUILD CHAPEL ON SCOTLAND’S WEST COAST
Meanwhile, on site work is progressing well. A fully roofed scaffold over the site allowed work to continue uninterrupted through the winter – as well as providing support for the winch which is used to lift the stones – some weighing up to 1 ½ tonnes into place.
Statutory Consent Drawings are not Construction Drawings
“Planning Permission” is an expression that means different things to different people. For those who are new to the processes of getting a building built or altered it may mean “all the permissions I need to start work”. But there can be two, and in some cases more than two, consent processes that need to be gone through before work can start.