Museum of Transport

Location: Glasgow, G3, United Kingdom

Project Value: £74 million

Service: Structural design

Team 

Client: Glasgow City Council

Contractor: BAM Construct UK Ltd

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects

Description 

The new River side Museum wasdesigned by Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid within the site of a formership yard as a part of the larger Glasgow Harbour urban regeneration project. 

Housing a museum of transport with over3,000 exhibits, the building has a 36metre-high glazed frontage overlooking the River Clyde.

Project Design 

Kashec collaborated with theUK office of the global engineering firm Buro Happold to carry out the designof the foundation for this scheme. 

It has apiled foundation with deep basementtrenches required for the services.