THE Glasgow School of Art has entered into arbitration proceedings with its insurers following a devastating blaze in 2018 which badly damaged the Mackintosh Building.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service investigation was unable to establish how the 2018 blaze started and recorded the origin and cause as “undetermined”.The GSA said it has chosen to enter into arbitration proceedings with its insurers as it has still to ascertain its policy cover following what it termed as “a very complex insurance claim”.
It is anticipated the appointments will be confirmed by July and an updated strategic outline business case will be published early next year.Professor Penny Macbeth, director of the GSA, said: “We are committed to the faithful reinstatement of the Mackintosh Building, and for that to be done in an exemplary way, returning it as a working art school building at the heart of Glasgow’s creative and cultural eco-system.