Basic Site Details
| Name: | International Business Machines (IBM) Factory |
| Town, district or village: | Greenock |
| City or county: | Renfrewshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | QS Harris & Porter; Main Contractor Laing Management Contracting Ltd Euan Colam recalls that he was project manager for this building (at RMJM), with John Richards and Gerrard Bakker providing the design, and the rest of the work done in-house at IBM. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Factory | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1979 | 1981 | Build/construction | Took 21 months to build |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Andrew George Derbyshire | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Euan Kidston Colam | A | 1979 | 1981 | As Project Manager | |
| Gerard Johannes Bakker | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Harold Alan Wightman | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| John Christopher ('Chris') Carter | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| John Deacon Richards | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Kenneth Edward Graham | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Kenneth George Buffery | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall & Partners (RMJM) | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Thomas ('Tom') Riddell Spaven | A | 1979 | 1981 | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| IBM (UK) Ltd | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| RIBA | 1979 | RIBA Directory of Practices 1979 | |||
| RMJM | RMJM Practice Brochure | ||||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Euan Colam | Interview of Euan Colam by Kirsten McKee | 3 December 2008 | |
| Courtesy of Gerard Bakker | Interview of Gerard Bakker by Kirsten McKee, December 2008 | ||