Beacon Barracks

Client: NG Bailey

Sectors: Specialist Projects, Residential

Services: Commissioning Management

Lateral were appointed by NG Bailey to provide a Commissioning Manager for the Beacon Barracks project.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) redeveloped the barracks in preparation for the return of troops to Stafford from Germany.  The redevelopment programme for Beacon Barracks provided new workshops; single living accommodation; offices; garages; junior ranks catering; retail and leisure facilities; and training, sports and medical services.

Our role was to provide an overall management of the individual commissioning managers and installation teams with regards to final handover to the client, reporting directly to the NG Bailey handover manager.  Responsibilities included reviewing all commissioning proposals; creating commissioning risk registers and monitoring / reviewing all proposed commissioning programmes; liaising directly with the client's Clerk of Works and dealing with any commissioning questions or other handover queries which arose during handover; creating a document control procedure and ensuring all documentation was available for presentation to the Clerk of Works.