Training requirement

Holdfast, a joint venture between Carillion and Babcock, has secured a contract worth £3bn over 30-years to provide support and services for the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME).

Carillion, in a joint venture with Babcock, has secured a 30-year, £3bn contract for the provision of training and training support, infrastructure and services at the Royal School of Military Engineering (RSME) in Medway, Kent; and Minley, Hampshire.

The joint venture, Holdfast, will deliver £300m of capital works for new and refurbished soldier accommodation, including: about 1,700 soldier bed spaces, training enhancements, more efficient use of the training estate, lower running costs and greatly improved facilities.

The joint-venture partners will invest £17.4m of equity in this project, with Carillion investing £5.5m.

Holdfast is now entering a lead-in period with services to be delivered by Babcock due to start in January 2009.

Carillion will carry out the £300m capital works programme, involving construction and refurbishment, over the first seven years of the contract.

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