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Poole Wins National Award for Best Partnership

An award for 'Best Partnership with a Main Contractor' has been given to the Borough of Poole's Building Consultancy Services for a construction project situated at the Royal Marine's base in Poole.

The construction project, delivered by Defence Estates and its prime contractor, Debut Services is one of many projects delivered across the UK by Project SLAM , which stands for Single Living Accommodation Modernisation. SLAM also scooped the Supreme (LABC) Award for 'Built in Quality' recognising the achievements of all those involved in delivering the construction.

This innovative project that sees the Borough of Poole working alongside Birmingham City Council is responsible for the design and delivery of Single Living Accommodation for the armed forces across numerous sites in Britain. Phase 1 of the project, which is the largest single construction project in Britain, has already delivered 6,500 new or refurbished bed spaces in three years, with a further 3,000 bed spaces currently in construction.

The team received the accolade in front of 500 guests at a ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, beating competition from the Core Education Centre at the Eden Project and the Chapelfield Shopping Centre , Norwich.

Ron Parker, Portfolio Holder for the Local Economy said: "The Royal Marines Base in Poole is an excellent example of the project's work delivering a quality three storey building containing communal areas and 72 en-suite bedrooms over the three storey building. The council works hard to build relationships with other Local Authorities and key partners in the building industry in order to maintain best practice across our town. This is an example of how working together can produce innovative and wide ranging results"
The Borough of Poole was also nominated for three other awards making them the only Authority in 2006 to receive three nominations in the final.

The SLAM Project , selected by the judges from three other final contenders, stood out as a unique achievement in terms of scale of delivery, quality of end product and the essential element of close working relationships required for success. It is the first time that the Borough of Poole, with Birmingham City Council has tackled such an ambitious project as part of a nation wide project involving major public sector partners, Defence Estates and the Contractor, Debut Services Ltd.   

Last year the team from Poole also had success at the awards where they were part of the team who were highly commended for the RNLI Lifeboat College and Survival Centre which qualified for the Best Public/Community Project category.

Alan Muzzall, Head of Building Consultancy said: " The Building Consultancy Team have worked extremely hard on Project SLAM and the recognition of this award has shown how successful our partnership has been with both Birmingham City Council and Debut Services - long may it continue."

John Askew, Team Leader for Partnerships at Birmingham Building Consultancy said: "This award recognises that successful working relationships between Local Authorities produce results. This should provide valuable lessons to other Councils and private house builders." 

David Kitcatt, District Building Surveyor, Building Control, Borough of Poole tel 01202 633251