Monday 11 November 2013

Arnold Clark Vehicle Repair Building




It's not often that an industrial building is fulfilling its original purpose 100 years after construction but this is the case here. Located in Kilbirnie Street on Glasgow's south side this building was constructed in 1913 for an automobile coachwork company and is still used for vehicle repair today.



As a former civil engineer it is of interest to me since it is an early use of reinforced concrete using the Kahn system from the USA.


I spent three years working in this area during the construction of the M74 Motorway. I visited the building a couple of times to take progress photographs of a large viaduct. 




One of my progress photographs from the building



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