Project Allenby Connaught
Project Allenby Connaught is a scheme begun in 2006 to redevelop the military garrisons of Aldershot and Salisbury Plain in the United Kingdom. The project is named after Lord Allenby who served as a cavalry commander on Salisbury Plain,[1] and the Duke of Connaught who was Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot Command.[2]
History
[edit]In April 2006 Aspire Defence won a 35-year private finance initiative (PFI) contract known as Project Allenby Connaught to provide over 500 new or refurbished buildings and deliver a range of services across the garrisons of Aldershot and Salisbury Plain, from construction to catering, stores management, transport, building maintenance, grounds maintenance and cleaning.[3] These improvements, which were delivered by joint ventures of British company Carillion and American company KBR[4] at a cost of £1.6 billion,[5] aimed to improve the quality of life for 18,000 soldiers living and working at the garrisons and were completed in December 2014.[6][7] Funds managed by Innisfree and by InfraRed Capital Partners also invested in the project.[8] Sites around Salisbury Plain where improvements took place included Bulford, Larkhill, Perham Down, Tidworth and Warminster.[9]
In November 2016 Aspire Defence won an extension to the contract under which it would deliver a further 130 new buildings, as well as extensions and alterations to existing buildings, as part of the Army Basing Programme in order to allow the return of troops from Germany by 2019.[10]
Following the January 2018 collapse of Carillion, KBR acquired Carillion's interests in Aspire Defence.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Allenby, Field Marshal Edmund (Henry Hynman), 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo (1861-1936)". King's College, London. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Project Allenby Connaught". Ministry of Defence. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Carillion recruited for £12bn MoD deal". The Telegraph. 7 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Project Allenby Connaught". HICL. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Aspire Defence Capital Works Sustainability Report" (PDF). Aspire Defence. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Army: Project Allenby Connaught". Hansard. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Our Sponsors". Aspire Defence. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "The Army and Salisbury Plain". Warminster Garrison. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Carillion JV secures £1.1bn MoD deal". Facilities Management Journal. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Morby, Aaron (19 April 2018). "KBR buys Carillion's Aspire Defence business". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 19 April 2018.