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raise £350,000 on their own initiative to complete, equip the building and to provide a moderate endowment for research. The
Governors launched their appeal to their public and private supporters. The response to the appeal for funding rose just over £360,000. The building was constructed in two distinct phases; the southern two thirds of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958; the remaining third was constructed between 1960 and 1962 in tandem with the new Chemistry Block (Thomas Graham Building) - and the join between the two sections of the structure is still highly evident over 60 years later. Before the 2014 refurbishment, the differences between the two sections of the building were evident inside, with slightly different fixtures and fittings.
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refurbished. The building was planned to contain engineering laboratories in the basement and ground floor, with lecture rooms, other laboratories and administrative offices on the floor above. The Civil and
Mechanical Engineering Departments were moved from the original Royal College building to the extension, this helped free up space, although the Civil Engineering discipline later moved into the new Colville Building in
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Building has had a recent major refurbishment (worth over a million pounds) on levels 1 and 2. Six of the ground floor laboratories were redeveloped, with the removal of obsolete machinery and equipment allowing extra mezzanine space to be constructed within. At the same time the building was upgraded to modern fire regulations, with additional fire doors installed in corridors and staircases.
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had their tenancies terminated in April 1949 to allow site clearance to take place. An orphanage at 87 Montrose Street was one of the buildings that was removed to make way for the building. The extension was needed to lessen the strain on the college as it was becoming increasingly overcrowded due to an influx of students, 3800 students attending before
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where almost 150 students were evacuated as a precautionary measure. Montrose Street was closed to all traffic between
Cathedral Street and George Street. It took four fire engines and eight pumps to calm the blaze. The fire took place in the chemical engineering department and was complicated by the presence of hazardous materials.
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Building will not always be the centre of Engineering, as "The new technology and innovation centre and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Quarter in the west of the campus are interdependent and is anticipated that staff from some areas of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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College acquired the parcel of land on the northern half of John Street and Montrose Streets from Glasgow Corporation, as well as the former site of the John Street Ironworks (where the Thomas Graham Building now stands). Remaining tenants within tenement housing located on Montrose Street
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Faculty of Engineering is to accommodate Civil Engineering and Architecture in the James Weir Building. Architecture for example now occupies Level 3 (the old First floor) and Civils now occupy the old laboratory spaces on Level 2 (Ground) - thus allowing the Colville and
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was also added. Redevelopment plans have been proposed which would convert the laboratory into a walkthrough atrium which would open a direct pedestrian route between
Montrose Street and John Street (on old maps of Glasgow this was in fact a continuation of Martha Street) - a link that was severed
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The original estimated cost of the complete building was £750,000. Governors wished to proceed quickly with the first stage of development which was estimated to cost £445,000, towards which
Government grants amounting to £334,000 had already been advised. The Governors of the college would have to
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Technical College, significant amounts of funding had to be raised. The college (before it became the University of Strathclyde) sent out documents that a beneficiary could sign, in the process stating how much funding they would put forward to the project.
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In 2000, the lecture floor on Level 4 received a comprehensive redevelopment which saw the first of the University's Interactive Teaching Clusters built. All lecture rooms were completely rebuilt with new lighting and modern projection equipment. Between 2004 and the present, the James Weir
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in the building, a large one for student use in the stair tower and two staff elevators, one of which was only in use during Phase 1 of the building and was decommissioned when Phase 2 was built. The derelict lift shaft that resulted was only filled in during the 2000s when the building was
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and the Central College of Commerce) and was constructed over the period 1956-1964 in two distinct phases as a north eastern extension to the Royal College Building, which allowed the expanded Royal College to attain the royal charter and become the University of Strathclyde. The building was
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The building is home to three faculties, The Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, The Department of Design, Manufacture & Engineering Management and The Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, all of which are part of the
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After the fire some classes have been forced to relocate to nearby buildings including the International Christian College (now demolished) and Vertigo in the Student Union. Some classes even had to be held in the local
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The original building code for the James Weir building was "M" (for Montrose Street Block), however following the 2014 refurbishment both the building code was changed to "JW", and the floors were renumbered.
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The building consists of 8 floors that are occupied with many laboratories, lecture rooms and on the upper floors there are several offices. The numbers in brackets are the post-2014 floor designations.
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