MCBAINS COOPER
PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANCY
PRESS RELEASE
March 31, 2010.
FIRST MULTI-MILLION POUND DUAL POLICE AUTHORITY PFI INITIATIVE CLOSED BY MCBAINS COOPER.
Property and construction consultancy McBains Cooper, working with the Justice Support Services (JSS) consortium, has secured financial close on a £60m contract to provide six new Police Investigation Centres (PICs) for Norfolk and Suffolk Police Authorities.
This follows the approval of the final business case by the Home Office.
The JSS Consortium comprises Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd, Kier Project Investment Ltd and Lloyds Banking Group. Funded largely by central government, the initiative will run for a 30-year term.
The PICs will be located at King’s Lynn, Aylsham, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth, Bury St. Edmunds and Ipswich where they will accommodate custody, detainee processing and administration functions.
Commenting on the complexities of reaching financial close on the first PFI project of its kind, Mark Leeson , director at McBains Cooper said: “This is the first PFI procurement in the police service to have been undertaken jointly by two Police Authorities together.
“It’s great to have secured financial close on such a complex project, especially as we had to liaise concurrently with six different local planning authorities, as well multiple stakeholders and interested parties for the six sites which are dispersed widely over two counties.
“While all the buildings have been designed around a common functional layout to encourage operational efficiency and familiarity for the two forces that will be using them, each building has been sympathetically adapted to meet the particular needs of its location. We have used a ‘kit of parts’ approach to the development of the design, where each site solution has used that kit in a different way to respond to aspects such as access, orientation, colour, existing landscape features, ecological concerns, as well relationships with neighbouring buildings. Each PIC will achieve BREEAM “Very Good” by using ground source heat pumps.”
Three of the developments will comprise 30 cells, two will include 24 cells and one of the buildings is an eight cell development.
Phil Townsend, a director of Justice Support Services said: “These centres will enhance Norfolk
McBains Cooper is providing a full interdisciplinary service including architecture, structural and civil engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering services as well as CDM, sustainability and cost management to the scheme.
The Police Investigation Centres are due to become operational in 2011.
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Further information:
Iain Macauley / Chris Fowler
07788 978800 / 07719 172225
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McBains Cooper
McBains Cooper is an inter-discipline consultancy, specialising in property, infrastructure and construction, offering a wide range of consulting and design services including architectural, aesthetic or technical design, problem solving, budget management, facilities management, health and safety, sustainability consultancy and on-the-ground civil engineering. Driving and supporting projects ranging from minor works to major contracts worth more than £100 million, McBains Cooper operates across a variety of sectors throughout the UK , Europe and Latin America . McBains Cooper is committed to environmental, social and economic sustainable development and their integrated approach means they deliver effective, award-winning solutions to their clients. The Group employs 150 people. McBains Cooper has regional headquarters in London (head office), Birmingham , Glasgow , Leeds, Manchester , Oxford , Windsor , Lima (Peru ) and Mexico City , with associate offices in Belfast and Dublin
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