{"id":1080,"date":"2018-05-31T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2018-06-06T14:28:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T14:28:13","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers begin training on first sports facility delivered for the Army Basing Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

An all-weather pitch is one of the assets being delivered at Perham Down, Wiltshire, to help soldiers live, work and train<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Soldiers at Perham Down are benefitting from a new sports facility, which has been delivered by Aspire Defence for the Ministry of Defence\u2019s (MOD) Army Basing Programme (ABP). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The ABP is a joint Army and Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) programme, which is providing the facilities the British Army needs to live, work and train in the UK as it returns from Germany, rebases across the UK and restructures to its future Army 2020 formations. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Providing quality physical training facilities supports the Army\u2019s commitment to training and sport.\u00a0 Alongside sports facilities, the ABP will also deliver modern, purpose-built single living and working accommodation for soldiers, from dining facilities and offices to vehicle garaging, stores and technical buildings. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The new pitch was constructed by Aspire Defence Capital Works (ADCW) and is just one of many essential assets being delivered at Perham Down.\u00a0 A Regimental Headquarters, several Junior Ranks\u2019 Single Living Accommodation (SLA) blocks and an Officers\u2019 SLA block have already been handed over.\u00a0 An Officers\u2019 Mess and gym are currently under construction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rhod McGregor, Project Director TidNBul (ADCW), said:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to hand over this pitch as part of our wider delivery of ABP infrastructure at Perham Down.\u00a0 We continue to maintain an efficient pace of build progress across all our construction sites, to ensure we deliver the right assets at the right time for the Army.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>All ABP infrastructure across SPTA and at Aldershot is being delivered under Aspire Defence\u2019s 35-year Project Allenby\/Connaught (PAC) contract, held with the MOD since 2006.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mark Duddy, ABP Programme Director, said: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cAs we near peak ABP construction phase this summer, we\u2019re delighted with the high standard of accommodation being delivered for soldiers across SPTA.\u00a0 The ABP is delivering real and lasting improvements across the defence estate, ensuring that British soldiers live, work and train in the best possible environments.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo caption: New assets delivered at Perham Down for the Army Basing Programme.\u00a0 Top row: sports pitch. Bottom row: (left) Junior Ranks\u2019 Single Living Accommodation and (right) Regimental Headquarters.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An all-weather pitch is one of the assets being delivered at Perham Down, Wiltshire, to help soldiers live, work and train Soldiers at Perham Down are benefitting from a new sports facility, which has been delivered by Aspire Defence for the Ministry of Defence\u2019s (MOD) Army Basing Programme (ABP). \u00a0The ABP is a joint Army […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adcw-news","category-archive-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aspiredefence.co.uk\/adcw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}