
The facts
Client: Defence Estates
Location: South East England (including
London & Oxfordshire)
Services: Architecture, CDM
Co-ordinator, Building Services, Civil, Geoenvironmental and
Structural Engineering, Traffic Assessment
Sector: Defence
Contract Type: Prime Contracting
Project Value: £100m+ to date
Start/Completion: 2006 - 2013
The project
Capita Symonds is structural / civil engineer and
architect for all capital projects undertaken in Defence Estates'
Region South East
The works have included numerous new build, refurbishment,
extension and change of use projects, ranging in capital value from
£0.5m to £50m. Capita Symonds provides a wide selection of design
and consultancy services on these projects which have included
buildings, car parks, highways, foul and surface water systems,
runways and even demolition.
We are involved at all stages of projects, including option
assessment, outline design, detailed design, construction and
decommissioning. Several projects have required us to make
recommendations regarding contaminated ground.
Projects completed to date include:
- Pirbright School of Leadership
- Sandhurst Guardroom
- Brize Norton Runway Resurfacing
- Pirbright Additional Training Facilities
- High Wycombe Blocks A, B & C Demolition
- Middle Wallop Officers’ Mess Extension
- Brize Norton Transit Stores Buildings
- High Wycombe Vincent Block Refurbishment
- Pirbright All Weather Sports Facilities
All projects have the requirement to achieve the highest
environmental and health and safety standards. Several projects
have been highlighted by Defence Estates as exemplary.