The refurbishment of listed terraces in Glasgow involves a great deal of unknowns at the concept stage. B.C.C. has a great experience in knowing what problems may occur and how to avoid them and also how to ensure the contract documentation provides for all possibilities to ensure a project remains in budget.

N. Hickey is a member of the 'Friends of Glasgow West' and has attended numerous lectures on the conservation of buildings in the West end of Glasgow. This interest has been utilised in projects involved in listed buildings both within Glasgow and also in Argyll.

Conversion of Buildings to suit new occupiers requirements can provide clients with an instant saving in construction costs and is therefore a favourable option for many developers, however experience of the Surveyor is paramount at controlling the budget costs to ensure that all costs are foreseen and updated thus maintaining the projects viability at all times. B.C.C. were involved in the refurbishment and conversion of a former Notre Dame Nuns Convent to a 45 bedroom Nursing Home which involved numerous estimates to achieve all the requirements within the budget, the project was highly successful.

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Commercial, Retail & Industrial