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Project
Allenby/Connaught
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Allenby/Connaught is the £8-billion services and accommodation-rebuild project
for the garrisons around Salisbury Plain and in Aldershot.
The Project has already begun to provide the garrisons with improved
living, working
and social environments.
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ASPIRE DEFENCE LIMITED
was selected as the Provisional Preferred
Bidder
for Project Allenby/Connaught
on 23 July 2003, with the start of the Project
officially announced by
the Under Secretary of State for Defence on 7th April 2006.
Service Provision to the Garrison began on 10th July 2006.
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Aspire Defence Ltd
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The Scope of the
Project is enormous ...
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Services
Aspire Defence is now managing the existing Army estate within the
Garrisons and will deliver a
multi-million £ package of essential support services over a 35 year
period.
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Accommodation
Aspire Defence will be building
and modernising single living accommodation, providing new z-standard rooms
that offer spacious bedrooms with en-suite facilities.
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The
accommodation blocks will also include shared kitchens, lounge, bathroom
and storage areas.
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The first accommodation block to be built
by Aspire Defence Ltd was
a demonstration unit at Perham Down.
The rooms arrived as specially
prefabricated units ...
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... which were then enclosed by brickwork.
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The building
was completed at the end of 2004 and
36 soldiers moved in to it in January 2005.
The building was officially opened
by the
Under Secretary of State for Defence
on 24th February 2005
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Other Buildings
As well as the single soldier
accommodation, the building works that form a major part of Project Allenby/Connaught
will include junior ranks' dining rooms
and mess complexes. It is envisaged that the building phase of the
project will
take approximately 8 years.
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The Future ...
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Leisure & Shopping Facilities
Aspire Defence Ltd recognises the role of strong communities and family
life. They will therefore be working with the Army and local community groups to
develop and enhance the leisure and shopping facilities that exist for
families around the
garrisons.
It is hoped that some of the new leisure facilities may be able to be
used by all members of the community, as they are at the Tidworth Leisure Centre.
New Community Centre for Larkhill
One of the first new build projects in the Larkhill area will be a
community project. A new, modern community centre will be built. The
building, in the heart of the garrison community, will provide a focal point
for children, mums and whole families.
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Job Opportunities ...
News from the
Aspire team in TNB Garrison ...
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TNB Garrison
Facilities Director
James Thoden van Velzen
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| " Over the next 35 years Project Allenby/Connaught will change the lives of many of us who live and work in the areas around Tidworth and Bulford Garrisons.
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| " In the early years, Aspire Defence will transform the Garrison by improving daily services, as well as beginning a significant construction
phase. Tidworth, Bulford and Perham Down will benefit from intensive building and refurbishment programmes that will provide soldiers, SNCOs and Officers with modern, comfortable living accommodation and leisure facilities.
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| " The completed demonstrator unit at Perham Down. occupied by 36 soldiers from 22 Engineer Regiment,
is an example of the type accommodation that will be built for single soldiers over the next few years.
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| " The project will also reach out into the local communities; the new Garrison Theatre
in Tidworth is one of the new facilities planned for the area. It will be built on the site currently occupied by the old dental and medical centres when they are demolished in two years’ time.
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| " But, our work will begin before that, with priority being placed on single soldiers' accommodation, followed by the construction of new dining facilities and ultimately the refurbishment of over 70% of the buildings.
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| " Providing good quality and reliable services to soldiers and the Army is the focus of my Garrison Facilities Management Team across the Garrison. We will
eventually be based at The Old Stables in Tidworth, at the operational heart of the Garrison, where we will be accessible to our customers and in touch with the needs of the Army. "
December 2004
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