Carillion wins £38m barracks refurb

Business and construction services company Carillion has won one of the largest projects currently being procured by the British Army - a £38m design and build project for the refurbishment of the existing Glencorse Barracks at Penicuik, south of Edinburgh.

The project comprises a major redevelopment of both Glencorse Barracks, the adjacent Milton Bridge (South) Camp, and the existing Medical Reception Station at Redford Barracks in Edinburgh to provide accommodation for a light scaled Infantry Battalion.

Carillion is providing a cross-company offering with Carillion Building acting as main contractor and sister companies TPS and Crown House Engineering also involved. TPS is providing multi-discipline architectural and engineering design services, and Crown House is acting as M&E contractor on the scheme.

Operations manager David Smith said: "It was an obvious benefit that we could provide a 'one-stop-shop' solution to Defence Estates. This contract also represents a further success in defence, which is one of our five targeted sectors along with commercial building, health, transport and international."

The refurbishment will see the Glencorse site having new administration facilities, storage and maintenance buildings, and welfare facilities. The existing accommodation blocks also located on the site will be demolished to make way for five new Junior Ranks Accommodation Blocks to accommodate 360 personnel.

New mess facilities and living quarters will be provided for Senior NCOs and the existing Officer's Mess will be refurbished to create bedroom and living accommodation and extended to provide a new kitchen. The adjacent Milton Bridge (South) Camp will be primarily concerned with providing the parking, garaging and repair facilities for the military vehicles.

Five firms were originally shortlisted for the deal, Ballast and Northern Irish contractor John Graham, another Ulster firm, Henry Brothers, which was dropped earlier in the year and Laing O'Rourke who decided not to bid after failing to get a deadline extension.

Carillion is also currently on site at Lucknow Barracks in Wiltshire, a £40m redevelopment awarded by Defence Estates under the Prime Contracting initiative.