Scope
Multiplex has been appointed as the main contractor and Programme Delivery Partner on the University of Glasgow’s campus development programme. The development will create a vibrant learning and research campus that is woven into the urban fabric of Glasgow’s west end, building on the university’s legacy and positioning it as a ‘world-changer’ in international higher education.
Challenge
Brand Access Solutions, the UK’s largest access and scaffolding brand – employing more than 1,000 staff UK-wide – expanded the hoist division in April 2017 after acquiring Taylors Hoists (now trading as Brand Access Solutions) and has been operating ‘hybrid access’ together contracts since 2009, offering scaffolding alongside hoists and Mastclimbers™.
Brand Access Solutions and its hoist team are part of the UK’s top construction and infrastructure projects with many main contractor clients, including Balfour Beatty, Kier, Clearline and Lendlease – most prominently and recently on the £330M refurbishment of the Grade 1-Listed Manchester Town Hall project #OurTownHall, including some 10 hoists, 200+ scaffold structures, 10,000m2 of weather protection, access platforms totalling 22,000m2 and multiple combined scaffold staircases totalling 450m in height – enough to reach the top of the Empire State building (448.7m)!
Despite being smaller than the epic Manchester Town Hall, this project at Glasgow University for Multiplex is a milestone – as it represents the first collaboratively effort between the well-established Brand Access Solutions scaffolding, access name and the hoist division, who have never worked north of the border before now.
The 20-metre, 1000Kg capacity hoists – namely the newest hoist in the Alimak range, the TPL1000, which is tied to the scaffolding in this instance – will offer access through the windows of the new building project on four levels and work seamlessly with the Brand Access Solutions scaffolding on-site.
Brand Access Solutions Mechanical Access Director and MD of the hoist team, Paul Price said: “It is great to be delivering our first hoist project in Scotland here in Glasgow for Multiplex and to be working in conjunction with the scaffolding team to deliver our hybrid access solutions for the client on this prestigious Glasgow city project. And it’s also exciting to be using Alimak’s latest hoist in its fleet – which we own the largest fleet of in the UK. Here’s to a safe and successful project together and lots more in Scotland.”
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Lyndon SGB rebranded to Brand Access Solutions on February 4, 2025.
Projects were delivered at the time under the trading names of: Lyndon SGB, SGB, Lyndon Scaffolding or Taylor’s Hoists.