McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed as main contractor for a car park extension at Glasgow Fort.

The firm will deliver the steel framed multi-storey car park creating 601 new car-parking spaces along with four restaurant units at the destination leisure facility.

The new car park will be located between Vue Cinema and the Smyths Toys store, bringing the total car parking spaces up to 2,500.

The facility will have five levels, including parent and child spaces along with disabled spaces.


McLaughlin & Harvey will provide all works associated with the project, including broadwalk frontage, landscaping, feature cladding as well as installing lifts and public stairwells.

The extension also includes four restaurant units totalling 11,500 sq ft of additional catering space to be positioned on the ground floor.

Paul Griffen, Construction Director at McLaughlin & Harvey, said: "We are proud to be appointed as main contractor for the continued works at Glasgow Fort. Since it opened, the shopping park has been extremely successful and the new car park will add to its current offering, increasing the car parking spaces by 30 per cent for shoppers across Glasgow and beyond.

"We are also a major employer in the west of Scotland and we will be seeking to work with local suppliers and subcontractors wherever possible on this project."

The new car park is expected to be complete spring 2016.

(LM)