DEFENCE & SECURITY: ASPIRE DEFENCE SERVICES LTD
Making Soldier’s Lives Better
Aspire Defence Services Limited (ADSL) recently received a prestigious RoSPA Gold
Award. ADSL’s Estates Technical Services Director and Chief Engineer, Chris Cockerill
and other members of the Aspire team, told Graham McDonald how the organisation
works and the services they provide for the British Army
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DSL provides Total Facilities Management services for the
four Army garrisons on Salisbury Plain and Aldershot,
under the 35 year Project Allenby/Connaught (PAC)
contract. PAC is the largest infrastructure PFI contract ever let
by the MoD and has significantly improved the lives of some
18,700 soldiers (20% of the trained British Army). This has been
achieved through the provision of modern, high quality, fully
serviced and purpose built living and working accommodation.
ADSL has teams based in each garrison and directly employs
over 800 staff. The size and scope of the contract means
that ADSL has to work with a number of key partners and
subcontractors in order to deliver the services required. In total,
ADSL and the key partners employ 2,500 staff.
The services ADSL supply to the four garrisons on Salisbury
Plain and in Aldershot include mechanical and electrical building
maintenance, life cycle, cleaning, wa