HENRY Boot has won a #6m contract to refurbish Abbey House in Glasgow,
formerly the Britoil headquarters and until recently the main Scottish
office of British Petroleum.
Though not one of the company's biggest contracts in money terms, it
is a prestige city-centre job with an unusually ambitious finishing date
of April next year. The striking marble and granite atrium of the black
glass building, at 301 St Vincent Street, has featured in a number of
films.
A spokesman for Henry Boot (Scotland) said from the company's
Bishopbriggs base that the main interior features would remain virtually
untouched by the work which began this week. Around 100 people would
work on the project.
Most of the revamp of the 325,000 sq ft office block, now the
headquarters of Abbey National Life Assurance, will involve individual
rooms, service areas and its communications network. The exterior will
be unaffected.
Commissioned in 1986 by Britoil, it was inherited by BP as one of the
prizes of the BP takeover. It was effectively vacated last year when the
oil company decided to move its main Scottish operation to Aberdeen.
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