*Note change of date to Thursday 7th July*
This CPD meeting is brought to you in conjunction with Herts & Beds Constructing Excellence Club.
Wellingborough’s new prison scooped three awards at the last National Constructing Excellence Club Awards!
Built by Kier Construction for the Ministry of Justice, it was designed and built using modern methods of construction and picked up wins in the Digital Construction, Offsite Project of the Year and Client of the Year categories. The trio of awards recognised the innovative approach, using MMC and BIM, as well as the integration and collaborative working between the design and build team and the client.
Kier was awarded the £253 million contract for a new category C resettlement prison on the same site as the former HMP Wellingborough and provides a modern facility which will create a safe and secure environment for staff and prisoners with the latest design and technology to enhance security and rehabilitation.
A core feature of the programme is to optimise how the MoJ’s assets are designed, procured, delivered and operated, through a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) or ‘platform’ approach.
The scale and speed of the project was unprecedented with nine buildings and 1,680 prison cells being constructed by PCE’s multi-skilled site teams in just 45 weeks, with 250,000 site hours safely completed with no reportable accidents.
Key achievements
- Engaged client who set the bar high from the outset aiming to achieve BIM Level 2+;
- First ever use of Project Partnering contract (PPC2000) across multiple Tier 1 contractors;
- Delivering MMC at scale; with the scheme featuring over 15,000 precast panels and
- 30,000 MEP cast-in components
