Shoreland Access complete work on the iconic Glasgow Tower, after prestigious contract award.

10^th June 2013

Shoreland Access complete work on the iconic Glasgow Tower, after prestigious contract award.

Shoreland Access was earlier this year awarded a prestigious contract by the Glasgow Science Centre to assess the structural integrity and to carry out any resultant remedial works to the World famous Glasgow Tower ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Tower, which is the tallest Tower in the World in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees, is as famous for its chequered past as it is its striking appearance and engineering ingenuity.

Since its belated opening in 2001 as the Millennium Tower, the Tower has spent the majority of its life closed and Shoreland Access was recently tasked with assessing and certifying its integrity. 

Shoreland utilised their Rope Access division to check and replace any panels that had become unsafe and were at risk of detaching themselves from the Tower in high wind.  The Rope Access method was also used to re-paint parts of the Observation Deck which is located 345 feet up the 417 feet structure. 

Shoreland’s NDT Division (Non Destructive Testing) carried out extensive structural survey work using the Ultrasonic UT method. Ultrasonic Testing (UT) uses high frequency sound energy in a pulse form to conduct examinations/inspections and make very accurate measurements for thickness checks or corrosion mapping.

After completing the project ahead of time and under budget Shoreland Director, Neil Cox, said “It was such a fantastic project to be involved in and we’ll take great satisfaction in watching Team GB bring home the medals in 2014, knowing that we played our part in enhancing the City’s skyline and enjoyment of the thousands who will visit Glasgow during the games and beyond.” 

He added “I believe it is testament to the team here at Shoreland Access that we delivered the project under budget and ahead of time, in what was logistically and practically a very challenging series of works.” 

Steve Ross of the Glasgow Science Centre said “It was of paramount importance that these works were carried out and in Shoreland Access we could not have wished for a better partner to have undertaken the project.”