Present at the contract signing ceremony were representatives of Morgan Sindall including Managing Director of Morgan Sindall, Pat Boyle, and Operations Director, Tom Ward; as well as DEO officials and MoD delegates. Guests were invited to a tour of the barracks and took photographs in the Headquarters.
Procured via the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio programme - aimed at design-and-build upgrades to existing military facilities - the project aims to house 21 additional Royal Engineers by 2027, through a series of upgrades and expansions.
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In total, nine new assets will be installed over a three-year period, with other cosmetic upgrades and refurbishments taking place simultaneously. This includes additional living quarters, storage facilities, multi-use games areas (MUGAs) and a gymnasium.
A period of survey assessments is underway whilst Morgan Sindall work through RIBA stages 3 and 4. Early enabling and infrastructure works look to start at the back end of 2024, with the main phase two works starting mid-2025.
Tom Ward, Operations Director for DEOP at Morgan Sindall said: "Our armed forces give one hundred percent dedication year-round and are committed to the service and protection of our country. To be one of the contractors named by the DEO to support them through applying our expertise is a great honour.
"The Marne Barracks project is our foremost project on the new Framework and represents a fantastic opportunity to develop and grow our relationship with the MoD. We are already underway with our work designing and developing our vision for a state-of-the-art facility for the Royal Engineers, and look forward to continuing our collaboration with them, the Ministry, and its partners as the project progresses."
