GCHQ

Arkanum core team members managed the successful PFI bid to design and operate a new facility for GCHQ in Cheltenham. The task was to devise and implement a building and service concept that best represented the vision of the Director for transforming the way in which the business would function, following the re-engineering of its business practices and avowal of its activities by the government. The striking architecture of the facility reflected a total service solution that included the technical infrastructure, hard and soft FM, a customer service centre, catering and logistics, all within a rigid security framework and governed by a tight performance payment regime. Although some aspects of decanting were delayed, the facility was finished ahead of schedule and the services successfully transferred in phase with the occupation of the building.

The Met Office

The project to design, build and operate a new facility for the Met office and to assist the move from Bracknell to Exeter was undertaken as a PPP between the MoD, a construction company and a service partner, led by Arkanum directors. The requirement was to design a centre which would reinforce the UK's pre-eminence in meteorology. This demanded high specifications for the technical services, first rate environmental credentials, supportive working conditions and excellent customer services for the staff and visitors including public access to educational facilities.

North Wiltshire Schools

This was a PFI procurement to refurbish two large secondary schools and build one new one in North Wiltshire. Arkanum directors led the process and developed the strategy and solution which provided three brand new schools within the affordability and timetable required thereby avoiding the major disruption that refurbishments create.

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Arkanum Directors provided overall leadership to the consortium which undertook this PFI project to rebuild the NOC on its highly restricted site in a complex and protracted decant, demolish and build sequence. At the start of the programme the existing services and associated performance payment mechanism had to be transformed for efficient operation in the existing facility and subsequently transitioned into the new buildings as they came on stream.