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We are proud to have played a pivotal role in securing planning approval for this nationally significant facility. Our team’s expertise across environmental and technical disciplines has been instrumental in delivering a robust and sustainable solution that supports the UK’s border operations and promotes long-term ecological value.

Victoria Williams
Waterman’s Associate Director for EIA

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Securing a place on MCF4 is a key success for Waterman and is testament to our innovative and collaborative approach to successful project delivery on the previous framework. We’re excited to continue our relationship with CCS, and look forward to supporting multiple public sector schemes over the coming years.

Lara Knapman
Waterman’s National EIA Lead and Framework Director for MCF4

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Running alongside PPF’s existing national contractor frameworks, Waterman has been selected to provide Structural Engineering, MEP Design, Sustainability & Environmental, Civil & Highways Engineering to public sector bodies across nine out of the 11 regions.

Robbie Blackhurst, Procure Partnerships Framework Director, said in a recent statement: “This agreement has been two years in the making and it now allows the Procure Partnerships Framework to offer a one stop shop of both professional services and contractor appointments to our public sector clients. The framework is divided into sub-regional lots supporting the appointment of both local and national practices, offering both Direct Award and Further Competition project call offs.”

“We were extremely impressed with the quality of tenders received and delighted with the calibre of suppliers that we now have locked into our four-year agreement. The breadth of public sector delivery experience across our supplier partners is impressive and we are excited to work with and support them.”

Waterman’s Director Barry Dobbins said: “We are very pleased to have been accepted on so many lots covering the majority of England. The 4-year framework has the potential to offer us many opportunities in public sector work and we hope to capitalise on this to achieve further growth across all engineering disciplines in Waterman.”

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Commencing in 2006, the Project Allenby/ Connaught (PAC) scheme set out to modernise the Army’s existing estate and provide fit-for-purpose accommodation, ultimately ensuring soldiers live and work within a best-in-class environment.

The scale and scope of the Aspire Defence venture evolved over time, with PAC going on to deliver a transformative £1.6bn defence infrastructure overhaul during its initial phase, impacting the garrisons of TidNBul (Tidworth, Bulford, Perham Down), Larkhill, Aldershot and Warminster by the time it completed in 2014.

Initially appointed to carry out MEP design services for the early refurbishment works scheduled for PAC, the scope of our involvement quickly evolved to match the growing scale of the scheme. Soon our team was providing detailed design input for multiple new build and refurbishment schemes, supplying environmental accreditation advice, working closely with the utility, communications and data specialists. As the individual projects progressed into the construction phase, we continued our support, carrying out site inspections, generating Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and providing logbooks for all the technical and working assets within the scheme.

Once the initial PAC scheme had been successfully delivered, our services were retained by Aspire Defence Capital Works (ADCW) for the Army Basing Programme (ABP). This £1.1bn variation to the original contract would further reconfigure the Army’s living and working infrastructure from 2016 to 2020, to accommodate units returning from Germany, whilst also rebasing units within the UK.

ABP saw further upgrades to the infrastructure and assets at garrisons across Salisbury Plain Training Area and at Aldershot. Working alongside the now-established Aspire project team, our engineers provided MEP designs for a further 92 technical assets over the next five years. At ABP’s peak, we tackled more than 20 projects simultaneously, issuing construction information on up to four assets per week, ranging from stores and Dutch barns to battalion headquarters and state-of-the-art simulator training facilities.

With work now underway on all garrison sites, our team continues their involvement with the project, completing the remaining designs, providing construction support, carrying-out site inspections and ensuring the successful integration of completed assets into service.

Paul Jones, Waterman’s Technical Director for Building Services, has a long-standing involvement with Aspire Defence. He said; “This significant project has been a major undertaking for the whole team. It has seen our involvement grow steadily over the last fifteen years as we have helped to successfully deliver one of the largest PFIs ever let by the MOD. As the project has evolved and grown, so our team has flourished, garnering a wealth of experience, knowledge and capability in the sector. With the ABP scheme now drawing to a close, we look forward to further utilising our defence sector experience as we continue to work with the Army and MOD.”

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