{"id":32581,"date":"2025-10-01T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bovis-bags-237m-east-midlands-army-barracks-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T22:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:56:56","slug":"bovis-bags-237m-east-midlands-army-barracks-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bovis-bags-237m-east-midlands-army-barracks-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Bovis bags \u00a3237m East Midlands army barracks upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-501982\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"557\">The Defence Infrastructure Organisation confirmed Bovis will deliver major upgrades at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland and Bulwell Army Reserve Centre in Nottingham.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"557\">Construction work is now due to start in autumn 2026 following detailed design and development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"938\">At Kendrew Barracks, the project will create new single living accommodation for junior ranks, alongside regimental offices, medical and catering facilities and wider site infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"938\">The Barracks will also become home to 36 Engineer Regiment, relocating from Maidstone, with other unit moves planned from Grantham, Telford and Nottingham to enable disposal of older sites.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"1036\">Bulwell ARC will see new unit offices, secure storage facilities and a band practice building.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1377\">Major General AJ Smith CBE, director of basing and infrastructure, said: \u201cThis project will improve quality of life for both Regular and Reserve personnel, while supporting military capability and delivering a more modern, sustainable estate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"2246\">Bovis executive general manager Andrew Mackay said: \u201cWe are now focused on delivering this latest phase of works to the very highest standard, providing modern, sustainable facilities that will serve our Armed Forces well into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Morby\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/10\/01\/bovis-bags-237m-east-midlands-army-barracks-upgrade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Defence Infrastructure Organisation confirmed Bovis will deliver major upgrades at Kendrew Barracks in Rutland and Bulwell Army Reserve &#8230; <a title=\"Bovis bags \u00a3237m East Midlands army barracks upgrade\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/bovis-bags-237m-east-midlands-army-barracks-upgrade\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Bovis bags \u00a3237m East Midlands army barracks upgrade\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}