A PFI contract to modernise and rationalise the Ministry of Defence’s Grade I listed Whitehall Headquarters and the Grade II listed Old War Office has been carried out by Modus Services Limited, a concession company which is jointly owned by John Laing and Innisfree.
In the mid 1990’s the MoD was operating from an inefficient and aging group of London offices and faced a huge bill to meet current health and safety regulations. The £439 million scheme sought to not only modernise the offices but also to change the traditional hierarchical working structure to a more open culture with fluid and creative communications. With this in mind Modus was established to undertake the necessary refurbishment works and to provide serviced accommodation as part of a 30 year PFI contract.
The contract involved the decant of most staff to three London buildings and the one million square foot Main Building has been converted to a predominately open plan workspace that houses 3,200 staff in place of the previous 2,600. The design also included the restoration of the Pillared Hall to its original art deco splendour. This now provides a popular informal meeting space which provides an effective contribution to the desired culture change.
The key supply chain members for the project were Skanska UK for construction, HOK International for design and Amey Business Services Limited for procuring and managing on-going hard and soft services, including catering, maintenance, business services, conference services and a helpdesk.
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Ministry of Defence Main Building
| Project | Client | Value | Duration | Status | Business | Sector | Country |
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| Ministry of Defence Main Building | Ministry of Defence | £439m | 30 years | Operational | Defence | UK |