MoD Defence Fulfilment Centre update
Work at the Defence Fulfilment Centre at Donnington is progressing well and is on track for completion by the end of 2016.
Barbara Doornink, Programme Manager and Managing Director of Leidos UK, said:
We look forward to seeing the Defence Fulfilment Centre up and running so that we can start providing the UK military with the commodities they need, when they need them.
“We believe we are engaged here in a world first: a pioneering partnership approach to delivering better service and reliability for Front Line Commands. We are grateful to the MOD for entrusting the LCS(T) contract and the building and running of the Defence Fulfillment Centre (DFC) to Team Leidos.
“Working together, the companies that make up Team Leidos will deliver better service for our Armed Forces and better value for the UK tax payer. We are already identifying areas for investment and improvement, and the DFC represents the first major step change in what can be delivered with modern infrastructure and IT. We look forward to the end of 2016 when we expect the centre to be operational.”
Site activity:
November / December 2015:
- Site accommodation set up
- Ground stabilisation and cut & fill works
- Stone layer added to stabilised ground
- Commencement of foundations to Fulfilment Centre 1 (FC1)
- Excavation of dock leveller areas
- Preparation of access roads and car park area
- Bunding to the car park perimeter
- Lime ground stabilisation and cut & fill works
- Excavation of balancing ponds
January/ February 2016:
- Commencement of foundations to Fulfilment Centre 2 (FC2)
- Commencement of steelwork to Fulfilment Centre 1 (FC1)
- Excavation of northern balancing pond
