Estate Management

The Estate Management Department in the RFCA is responsible for running an estate of 400 buildings on 155 sites across the Region. As well as maintaining the infrastructure, the department provides the utilities, furnishings and, in the case of the Army Cadet Force, the vehicle fleet.

The overall business of the department has a capital value of £6 million and a revenue budget of £2 million per year.

The department’s nine members of staff are trained to high standards and work to all modern building practices. They also provide the Health and Safety at Work expertise across the RFCA.

Projects

East Midlands RFCA manages a vast estate of Army Reserve Centres and Cadet properties across the region, as well as partaking in new projects throughout the year to maintain and improve the estate.

Projects can include developing new buildings, completing internal or external repairs or refurbishments and completing general maintenance duties.

Here you can find out more about some of the projects undertaken in the last 12 months.

Sobraon Barracks, Lincoln

Our £1.6m building project, Sobraon Barracks has been completed. The project provided additional facilities for 158 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, including new garages, vehicle maintenance areas and gymnasium. Creating these new facilities will help ensure reservists keep up to date with their trade training and will ensure the barracks are fit for the soldiers based there. 

The building contractors were Gelders Group, with Allan Joyce Architects the designers on the project.

The Contracts Manager for the project from Gelders commented: “We are very excited to be working with East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association to construct the new training centre and workshop building which will provide new amenities for the Barracks and all who use the facilities.”

Find out more about the Sobraon Barracks project.

Nottingham Airport Squadron HQ – RAF Air Cadets

Work has also finished at Nottingham Airport on the state-of-the-art headquarters for Tollerton RAF Air Cadets (2425 Nottingham Airport Squadron). We spoke to Architect Mike Harrison, from Allan Joyce Architects, on the inspiration behind the design:

Kingsway Army Reserve Centre, Derby

Work has begun to adapt Kingsway Army Reserve Centre in order to make it suitable for 148 Field Company Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers.

It will see the creation of new garages and a new trade training area which will allow the reserves to keep up to date with their training requirements.