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james73

WALKING through George Square you'd never know that just a few metres
away one of Glasgow's most ambitious architectural transformations is
taking place.

But as our pictures show the 127-year-old former GPO building, which
lay derelict for more than a decade, is being turned into one of the
UK's most prestigious office complexes.

By this time next year the enormous 127,000sq ft G1 complex will be near
completion.

Site owners HF Developments hope by then the nine-storey building - crowned
with a striking glass roof - will be the city's latest architectural masterpiece.

And although there's plenty of work to be done a peak behind the scenes
reveals the progress made in the last six months.

Two 8-ton cranes tower over the entire development, 60m above the giant
pipes that form a temporary support structure for the building.

Workmen say the huge central lift shaft that protrudes from the ground in
the middle of the site is growing taller by the day.

In a few weeks the huge steel structure that will support the building will
be erected, in preparation for the final push.

At the same time the beautiful Victorian stonework that forms the facade of
the building will require pains-taking care.

Every one of the balustrades that run along the top of the building will have
to be removed, cleaned, stored and re-aligned before the roof goes on.

James H
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