The V&A at Dundee has been nominated for an award for the groundbreaking methods used in its construction.
The £80.1 million museum is in the running for the Temporary Works Award in this year’s British Construction Industry Awards.
It has received its nomination for the temporary propping system used to hold up the building during the early stages of construction.
The awards, which have been running for 30 years, celebrated excellent in the design, construction and delivery of new buildings.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on October 11.
Dundee City Council administration leader Councillor John Alexander said the nomination is testament to the designers and builders of the waterfront museum.
He said: “A range of specialists with unique technical skills are coming together to construct the amazing V&A Museum of Design Dundee.
“I am delighted to see that these cutting edge methods are already being recognised with prestigious award nominations like this one.
“The colourful propping will be remembered by people from when the building started to rise from the ground in the earlier stages of this ambitious project.
“There is excitement in the city, and further afield, about the V&A Museum of Design Dundee and the huge benefits it will bring in the future.”
Designed by world-renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, the V&A protrudes out over the Tay.
Construction work began in April 2015 and included the creation of a cofferdam to allow building work to take place over the water.
Currently, work is underway to attach 2,250 stone panels to the exterior walls of the building.
The panels are made in moulds, each of which can weigh up to 3,000kg and span up to four metres.
The roof of the building will o be completed this spring and the cofferdam, which allows building work to take place above water, will be removed in the summer.
The interior of the museum will then be fitted out before it opens to the public in the middle of 2018.
More than a quarter of a million visitors are expected to visit the museum each year.
