Arts and Cultural Centre - Diaries

Winter 2009 to Spring 2010 update - this is my first diary entry this year. Over the winter I got out of the routine, due to pressures of the work associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road. A number of people have asked about the diary so I know it’s valued and...

It has been just over two months since I updated the diary section. I just seem to have got out of the routine on doing it weekly. The workload associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road and the urgency associated with these tasks has made it difficult to set aside the time...

A number of meetings have taken place this week regarding the funding arrangements for the Centre. We are at a crucial time for this project. Due to the downturn in economic conditions, particularly in the development market, KI is unable to be certain when funding...

Monday 20 April to Friday 5 June 2009 This diary entry covers a 7 week period. Regular completion of the diary has tended to take a back seat to a number of pressing issues which we have had to deal with over the past few weeks. The construction work on the...

It has been quite a busy week for the effort in trying to deliver funding certainty for the Arts & Cultural Centre. However, a major funding bid was successfully submitted on Friday. The outcome of the bid is unlikely to be known until April. In the meantime other strands...

Monday 19 January to Friday 6 February 2009 - this diary entry covers a 3 week period, one of which was a holiday week for me. There has been a lot of activity recently on the funding side of the Arts & Cultural Centre. There is no doubt that the current economic...

Work associated with the implementation of the Arts & Cultural Centre funding strategy is moving forward. A Working Group has been established and an action plan prepared for discussion within the Working Group. Although the work that needs to be done is fairly...

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to catch up with my diary entries and to keep up. The latter part of 2008 was extremely busy, mainly due to the intense and important work required to get the Contractor for the Kirkintilloch Link Road formally appointed and the...

Monday 22 September to Friday 26 September - The regular progress meeting with the Scottish Arts Council took place this week. All of our activity is now focussed on the fund-raising effort and on gaining certainty on funding. The recent problems with the economy have not...

Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May - We met with the Scottish Arts Council representative this week to update him on the latest position regarding design development and the costing of the latest scheme. An up to date cost plan on the scheme development to Stage E in the RIBA...