SPONSORS
SPONSOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL
The Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival wouldn’t be possible without the invaluable support of our event sponsors who help us deliver our free week of programming. This year, we are proud to be supported by a diverse spread of organisations, which you can find below.
If you are interested in supporting the festival? Download our sponsorship brochure below, or get in touch with our Festival Manager Sally at sally@gbpt.org
ASSURED 24
Assured 24 is a Glasgow based Facility Services company that provides competitively priced services. We supply SIA licensed Security Guarding, Mobile Security, Concierge, Key Holding & Alarm Response, Commercial Cleaning, Pest Control and Building Maintenance services throughout Glasgow and Central Scotland.
Since 2009 our company has been providing the highest level of service for commercial & domestic clients and our reputation has always been supported very well by customer testimonials.
While our prices are reasonable, our quality of service is second to none; our supervisors and the management team ensure that all our clients receive a service designed to assure the highest quality at all times, and of course, all our clients have immediate access to senior management, with a decision maker being available 24 hours a day 7days a week.
Collective Architecture
Collective Architecture was established to pursue themes of participation and sustainability in architecture. Our output is highly varied, ranging from intimate community installations to large scale urban regeneration. Over the past 25 years we have successfully delivered a series of important projects spread across the UK. Working internationally with private and public clients, we consider all projects to be capable of providing a source of identity for place, organisation or individual. The company is owned by an employee run trust established to further involve staff in practice development. Our ethos encourages individuals to research issues which are of relevance to both their work and to the wider society which has resulted in our architects developing specialist knowledge, qualifications and skills.
Dentons
Dentons’ UKI real estate practice is a 200+ strong team working from five offices across the UK and Ireland. Supported by a global network of over 1,100 real estate experts, including a leading Scottish real estate practice, Dentons values brevity, integrity, innovation, and common sense as driving forces for client success.
As the world’s largest law firm, we offer clients more talent in more locations than any other legal services provider. In Scotland you will benefit from the cross-market insights of the 160+ lawyers we have on the ground.
Gardiner & Theobald
Gardiner & Theobald (G&T) is an independent construction and property consultancy delivering Cost Management, Project Management and Specialist Consultancy for the built environment. They are passionate about three things: delivering a truly world class service for clients, investing in the best people to deliver that service and remaining financially strong and independent. These are the pillars of the firm’s success and what sets them apart from others.
The firm is a market leader in the Arts, Heritage & Culture sector, having worked on a number of prestigious projects that are being showcased in the Glasgow Doors Open Festival. G&T cares about the impact it has on the world and the legacy it leaves behind – from championing the next generation of built environment professionals, to its commitment to working to the highest ethical standards – they are proud to set the benchmark for quality in this field.
ICENI PROJECTS
Iceni are an award-winning consultancy with a positive and creative mindset. As a multi-disciplinary organisation, Iceni provides specialist advice on heritage, townscape, planning, design, impact management, archaeology, and sustainable development.
The Heritage and Townscape team advise on the historic and built environment at all stages of the development process, from project inception to completion. We believe that heritage assets and townscape are opportunities to be embraced, and that change, adaptation or development will often be the key to securing their future. Alongside these sensitivities, the team also understands how current policy and practice address potential tensions between development needs and giving weight to conserving the special qualities of historic environment.
The team has successfully supported the delivery of complex schemes by forging relationships with landowners, developers, delivery agencies, authorities, and national and local stakeholders. We pride ourselves on having a reputation for being a trusted advisor to all sides of the industry, working to support developers, site owners and commercial design teams, as well as local authorities, charities, and public bodies, considering their corporate aspirations and behaviours. This approach is also reflected in its membership of the IHBC’S HESPR programme, which requires businesses to adhere to a clear Code of Conduct. Additionally, team. members are accredited through various professional bodies such as the IHBC, RTPI and ARB.
John Gilbert Architects
Our conservation and retrofit service offers new life for old buildings whatever their age, use or type. We work with you, the building and residents to provide buildings that have a new or improved function, look nicer, cost less to run and are fit for the 21st century.
We have a particular interest and expertise in low- energy refurbishments designed to minimise fuel bills. As well as incorporating renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty, we’re retrofitting existing buildings to Passivhaus standard.
Narro Associates
Narro Associates is an employee-owned Consulting Structural & Civil Engineering practice with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Stirling and Aberdeen. With over 35 years’ experience, motivation and a desire to extend the experience of the practice has led to expertise in all sectors including conservation, residential, commercial, industrial, hotel & leisure, community projects, education, health facilities and the public sector.
Projects include new builds, alterations and refurbishments, conservation of historic buildings and monuments, as well as landscape and townscape improvement works. We provide a professional and friendly service supported by experience, expertise, and the latest technology.
As a Practice, our engineers and technicians always take sustainability and energy efficiency into consideration. We aim to specify materials in our designs which can be locally sourced, are durable, and/or have minimal environmental impact in either their production or disposal.
Page\Park
Page\Park is an award-winning architecture practice with offices in Glasgow and Leeds, operating across the UK.
As architects united by a commitment to the reuse of buildings and the regeneration of existing places they recognise that our built environment is not disposable. They seek to find the best qualities of existing places and celebrate them; to bring joy and clarity through carefully considered design intervention.
They are an employee-owned business with an unwavering ethos: of being a creative community, united by a common purpose to design creatively, with integrity, and to make a difference.
Since their foundation in 1981, they have earned a reputation for excellence in the conservation and creative adaptation of existing buildings. Now in our second generation, we maintain our commitment to the re-use of places, buildings, spaces and materials.
We have a diverse portfolio of projects in new and established settings, and we thrive from working in existing historic settings to deliver creative adaptation.
TIGERBOND
Tigerbond is an award-winning PR, social, digital, web and branding agency, with an office network spanning the UK, from Glasgow to London, and coast to coast in Canada. Working across multiple sectors, its creative team of storytellers, social experts and digital gurus build brands and protect reputations, working closely with clients to give them a genuine commercial edge.
With an enviable client list featuring household names like Vue, Specsavers, Cala Homes and Tesco, the team work at the heart of communities to deliver authentic audience cut through and drive impactful behavioural change.
Established more than four decades ago, the vibrant agency team lead on the issues facing most businesses today, including the delivery of sustainability and ED&I initiatives and the safe and impactful adoption and integration of AI.
REIGART
Established in 1988, Reigart is a family run business whose work covers the length and breadth of Scotland. We specialise in designing and delivering complex engineering solutions to ensure that the best of our built heritage may be saved for their next phase of life, serving local communities and businesses. Clients range from local authorities, building preservation trusts, housing associations and the National Trust for Scotland. Our services extend well beyond controlled demolition of unsafe structures to facade retention, dismantling and salvage, environmental waste management, asbestos removal and construction waste recycling facilities. We also act as Principal Contractors in conservation re-instatement works taking structures from danger or disrepair to restoration-ready condition.
We understand how important Glasgow’s built heritage is to the identity of the city and its people and our round the clock emergency response and expertise ensures that no building is lost without every effort to make it safe and give time for other solutions to be explored for its creative re-use.
Reigart Contracts Ltd. is delighted to support Glasgow Doors Open Days 2024 and proud that it has helped rescue many of the buildings featuring this year allowing them to feature in a brighter, progressive future for Glasgow.
Tel: 01236 431290F
Email: enquiries@reigart.com
WYLIE SHANKS
With over 100 years in the industry, WSA has cultivated a rich legacy of delivering traditional architectural services. Our reputation for strong project management is well-earned, especially in the realm of Conservation Architecture. We adopt a pragmatic, team-based approach that ensures seamless collaboration and meticulous execution. Our extensive experience in preserving historical buildings allows us to maintain the integrity and authenticity of these structures
As we continue to build on our century-long legacy, we invite all to join us in our mission to preserve and revitalise historical buildings. Whether it is embarking on a new conservation project or seeking to restore an existing space, Wylie Shanks Architects is here to turn visions into reality with unparalleled expertise, innovation, and dedication.
We aim to create spaces that are not only beautiful and functional but also environmentally conscious.
