Replacement of the outdated 1950s guardroom with a new more comfortable modern £4m, 553m² secure entrance building and vehicle entrance
Gatehouse building including reception, pass office, CCTV monitoring, interview and search room, crisis control room, custody space, secure exercise yard, armuory, staff rest room, and changing facilities
Secure vehicular access with search lane, space for aircraft display, space for safe pedestrian movement zones, parking, secure barrier, blast zone planning and blockers
Designed to Defence Estates Standards and Joint Service Publications
Modification and diversion of existing site infrastructure to accommodate new entrance layout
Designed to accommodate Military of Defence Security Standards applicable to a primary entrance to a major facility
Load estimates, infrastructure review and site diversions to accommodate the works
Detailed design of building mechanical and electrical engineering services, including full production of detailed design information, thermal model, and energy calculations
Develop detailed design, environmental approach and energy strategies to meet DREEAM requirements and providing evidence to achieve DREEAM accreditation
Design incorporated secure systems to provide Communications and Information Systems (CIS) requirements compliant with the military network
Undertook quality control inspections of mechanical and
electrical installations during the progress of the works and
validation of the facility
Provided full commissioning monitoring and proposals for carrying out the commissioning and reviewed the results of the works commissioning
Detailed spatial co-ordination in a highly serviced building
Delivery of the highly technical scheme to meet limited budget constraints through collaborative risk, value and opportunity workshops
Identified a strategy to maintain the operation of the existing gatehouse whilst the replacement facility was being constructed and brought into service
Provide comments on the submitted building engineering services tender return. Validated the legitimacy and value of contractor submitted variation costs
Worked with the specialist security company to meet Communications and Information Systems (CIS) brief Development of external feature lighting to display area at front entrance
Set-up and managed defects control and monitoring system to assist in eliminating defects to the end user