Traditional wooden garage and log shed

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Building Workshop's Project 017  is nearly finished.  It is a traditional garage and log shed in the Angus Glens.  The slates and the cladding are on, all that is left to do is put up the gutters and drainpipes and paint the shed.  It is going to look very smart.

 

Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland day out

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We were invited along to the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland's Angus Chateaux tour at the weekend.  It was a really interesting day out.  We visited two old castles that are owned by local families and had a good look around - inside, outside and even from the rooftops!

 

Steel

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Building Workshop's project 011 is on site and today the steel has been going up.  A local steel fabricator has prefabricated all of the parts in his workshop and all of the steel will go up in 2 days.  There is lots of cool machinery on site - the access to the front garden is very narrow so a special crane is being used, called an 'Octopussy'.  It is perfect for the job as it fits through narrow spaces and can hoist up the steel.

 

Trees

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The woods are being chopped down just along the road from the Drawing Office, the machinery that is being used is incredible.  There is a sawmill just along the road where the wood is then cut, machined and dressed into all sorts of different sizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Building Workshop we specify wood for lots of our projects - from smart cladding on a kitchen extension to a traditional wooden framed and timber clad garage.  

PSYBT Awards Panel

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We were invited to enter the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust (PSYBT) awards a few months ago.  We put together a big entry with lots of pictures, models, and information about what we have been up to for the past two years at the Drawing Office.  Today we went to the panel in Dundee, where we were asked lots of questions about Building Workshop and the future, and we are in the final two businesses!!  It's really exciting, and now we need to wait until September to find out who is the winner....

 

Old Factory in Dundee

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Last week we found this really wonderful factory building in Dundee.  There are not many of them left which is sad as the design is really inspirational - especially the quality of soft natural daylight inside.  

Contemporary Kitchen Extension

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This week has been really exciting at Building Workshop.  Two of our projects are on site - foundations dug and concrete poured.  Here are some photographs of one of these - project 011 contemporary kitchen extension.

 

The existing building is a beautiful traditional red sandstone Kirriemuir house.  

 

There was a small kitchen extension which has been removed and will be replaced with a bright and airy kitchen which will connect with the garden.  

 

This kitchen extension has been carefully removed.

 

Initial design sketch.

 

Building Workshop design development model.

 

3D model on Building Workshop's computer package.  It allows us, and the client, to see what the finished building will look like before work begins on site. 

 

The concrete arriving in the beautiful sunshine - perfect timing!

The old kitchen has been removed and concrete is being poured for the new extension.  

 

Measuring to make sure that the foundations are millimeter perfect.