CMS Window Systems lands record £10m contract at Atlantic Square

CMS Window Systems has been awarded a contract worth over £10 million for the Atlantic Square development in Glasgow.The deal to design, manufacture and install all of the glazing on the new £100m office development secures the Cumbernauld-based company’s strongest ever order book at £65m over the next three years.David Ritchie, chief operating officer, said the announcement will also provide a secure future for its 250-strong workforce.CMS Window Systems’ latest financial results will be published soon and are expected to reveal a record year for the Queens Award for Enterprise winning company.The £100m Atlantic Square development is being built by BAM Construction. CMS will design, manufacture and install a range of aluminium windows, doors and façade elements for the mixed-use development, which will provide high quality office space on York Street capable of accommodating more than 2,700 staff, 187,000sqft of space has already been pre-let by the developers BAM TCP Atlantic Square with the remaining 97,000 sq. ft. being developed as speculative Grade A office space.According to David Ritchie, the Atlantic Square contract win also illustrates how the company is increasingly being engaged by the developers of larger projects who are seeking a dependable supply chain partner. It continues to work extensively with local authorities, housing associations, housebuilders, commercial developers and trade & retail partners throughout the UK, but it is in commercial development where the value of major project enquiries is on the rise.The Atlantic Square contract follows a series of successful recent collaborations in Scotland between CMS and BAM Construction, including Capital Square in Edinburgh, the new HQ for Ineos at Grangemouth and a number of buildings in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus, including the Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE). CMS will begin work on site at Atlantic Square in 2019 with the development due for handover the following year.