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100th building demolished for Army
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Disused power station on Tidworth Garrison became the 100th building to be demolished by Aspire Defence as part of Project Allenby/Connaught.
The 35 year contract to replace and improve Army living and working accommodation across the garrisons of Salisbury Plain and Aldershot The demolition marks a significant milestone
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 17 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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In just 18 months Aspire Defence has cleared the way for 1000 single en-suite bedrooms, modern offices, regimental headquarters, Officers' and Sergeants' messes, working and leisure facilities.
Old accommodation is quickly making way for the new, helping to make soldiers lives better by creating a modern living and working environment on the garrisons.
The demolition, which has been subcontracted to Hughes and Salvidge will be carefully managed over the coming weeks to ensure much of the building materials can be re-used on site.
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This will include salvaging the bricks and tiles.
Eight engines, four boilers and four underground 10,000 gallon water tanks will also be removed.
Keith Hutton, Aspire Defence's project director (Tidworth) and Colonel Richard Aubrey-Fletcher, deputy garrison commander took the controls of two excavators to begin the demolition of the power station.
Keith commented "This is a significant milestone for Aspire Defence".
"In just 18 months 100 buildings have been demolished and 1000 new en-suite flats built - clearly showing it's out with the old and in with the new".
"We are making a significant difference to the quality of life on the garrisons and to soldiers themselves".
"But the story does not stop here - we have 340 further demolitions and 10,500 further flats to provide over the next eight years".
In all 430 buildings will be demolished across the garrisons of Aldershot and Salisbury Plain, including 140 in Tidworth.
These will be replaced with over 530 new and refurbished buildings, including 165 in Tidworth, creating communities with high quality accommodation, amenities and services for some 18,700 soldiers - 20% of the British Army.
To date demolitions have provided space for the construction of 130 new buildings.
Colonel Richard Aubrey-Fletcher, deputy garrison commander (Tidworth) said, "Soldiers coming back from testing, demanding operational tours are now returning to live in better accommodation - and that is down to the improvements made by Project Allenby/ Connaught".
"Aspire Defence is managing to make these changes carrying out demolition and construction work in numerous sites across the garrison alongside the Army as we continue our everyday activities".
"On occasions this has seen diggers and dumper trucks working alongside tanks and even horses".
The power station, which will take around two weeks to demolish, dates back to 1913 - although it has been out of service for around 50 years.
Originally the steam beam engines provided coal fired electricity across the garrison and the local area.
The coal was brought direct onto the garrison by train - with the railway line running right up to the power station where the fuel was unloaded.
It remained in use until 1937 when the garrison was connected to the national grid.
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