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- Woolwich Barracks
- Southern Boundary
- Woolwich Development Project
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PriDE manages Defence Estates’ South East Regional Prime Contract (SE RPC). Valued at around £380m, the SE RPC is one of five regional prime contracts currently in place in the UK.
February 2008
Accommodation improvements across the south area
Barracks in the Kent area of the SE RPC are enjoying improved accommodation facilities courtesy of EIP funding and dedicated teams working together to meet tight deadlines.
Howe Impressive…
Estate Improvement Planning (EIP) funding has helped to improve the standard of accommodation for the resident unit, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, at Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Kent.
Nearly 400 single soldiers are housed in the Building 025 complex, comprising of 22 three-storey blocks, with six men on each floor. Funding from the 07/08 EIP was sufficient for four blocks to initially be refurbished with new fitted carpets and furniture, costing £100k per block. Subsequently a further eight blocks were funded - and all twelve were completed in just five months!
The project benefited from flexibility and co-operation from both the client and contractor; it would not have been possible to complete the work within the tight timeframe without help from the QM, Maj. Haughie and his assistant Moira Ebbens, so many thanks to everyone involved.
4Div hope the refurbishment of the remaining blocks will receive funding from the 08/09 EIP.
Accommodation at FSCTE Manston also benefits from EIP funding
Previously an RAF base, FSCTE (Fire Service Central Training Establishment) Manston is now one of two national locations to provide residential training courses for both civil and military fire fighting forces from the UK and overseas.
The SLA accommodation on site houses the trainees in ten double two-storey blocks and whilst the bedrooms were in reasonably good condition the communal ablutions fell far short of what is expected.
EIP funding makes the difference
Thanks to EIP funding the four ablution areas within one of the blocks were refurbished to include modular shower cubicles with improved ventilation, costing £40k. The work was completed in February 2008, and a further £80k was later released to upgrade an additional two blocks that are now complete.
Asbestos building rehabilitated in just 115 days at Invicta Park
Following an asbestos inspection in early 2007, two three-storey accommodation blocks at Invicta Park Barracks were closed with unprotected human entry forbidden. The 36th Regiment Royal Engineers based at the site were due to deploy to Afghanistan in September 2007 and their requirement was to have one block cleared of asbestos and available for use before their return in March 2008.
Due to financial constraints the asbestos removal could not start until October 2007 and with 1300m² to clear, it was an achievement that it was removed by 4th November.
The SE RPC MNW team started work the very next day, as it was their first opportunity to get inside the building. The heat was then on to assess, design and plan the required work to reinstate the building ready for handover on 27th February 2008.
Work goes on behind the scenes
Whilst the design process was underway, and consultations were taking place with structural engineers, building regulations consultants and MOD fire advisors, the team were stripping out the building. An additional requirement was unexpectedly identified; structural steel, ground and first floors all needed to be sprayed with intumescent paint for fire protection. This work had to be carried out at night to allow building works to continue during the day.
The team worked every day throughout the Christmas period, except Christmas day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Thanks to all the hard work and dedication of the team the work was completed within the extremely tight deadline and the work was completed from start to finish within 115 days!
Comment from 2 (SE) Brigade
The Brigade is pleased with the amount of improvement works carried out within it’s AOR over the last year. It recognises that because of the late authorisation of funding in the year some of these works were always going to be difficult to deliver. The main success story is Howe barracks, the start of a much needed refresh of SLA, and we are confident that this work will continue over the next year. The challenge this year is to see if we can complete the works at Howe whilst the unit is deployed on operations (funding permitting). The relationship between Brigade and PriDE is a close one, and we are pleased to see PriDE has taken our priorities on board and are working hard to deliver them within their programme.
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