Zaha Hadid’s flagship transport museum in Glasgow is undergoing a further round of value-engineering, a report to the city council’s finance committee has revealed.

The council insisted the move was not only about cost-cutting and would not “hack the building to bits”, but leading design figures in Scotland have reacted with alarm.

The “world-class” museum, which is due for completion in 2011, was originally budgeted at £50 million. But this has risen to £85 million, with a shortfall of £5 million the subject of a public appeal backed by celebrities.

“A number of potential cost savings have been identified, and a further round of value-engineering has been initiated,” last week’s report stated. “The potential savings are within the secondary steelwork and ceiling, inner lining work packages and entrance lobbies.”
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