{"id":55015,"date":"2015-03-11T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f50c5179bc9cbc0782c2af848047d95f"},"modified":"2015-03-11T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:29:57","slug":"news-story-graduates-key-to-success-of-beacon-barracks-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55015","title":{"rendered":"News story: Graduates key to success of Beacon Barracks development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A total of 14 graduates are currently employed by Lend Lease, the firm contracted by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (<abbr title=\"Defence Infrastructure Organisation\">DIO<\/abbr>), to carry out a major transformation of the Beaconside site.<\/p>\n<p>Nine are working as Graduate Construction Managers, 3 as Graduate Commercial Managers and 2 as Graduate Planners. There are also a number of former graduates who are now operating in more senior roles on the development.<\/p>\n<p>The redevelopment of the barracks is part of the army\u2019s BORONA programme, which is preparing for the arrival of 2 signal regiments from Germany. <\/p>\n<p>When complete, the site will provide new workshops, single living accommodation, offices, garages, a junior ranks catering, retail and leisure facility, training, sports and medical services.<\/p>\n<p>Significant progress has been made on the project with building completions due to start this month.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Defence Infrastructure Organisation\">DIO<\/abbr> Principal Project Manager Stuart Gallacher said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are working closely with Lend Lease to transform Beacon Barracks into a major hub for the armed forces in Stafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We have been impressed by the commitment and hard work that the graduates have shown and they have proved a real asset to this important project. This demonstrates the importance of such schemes in shaping the future of construction.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul Dawson, Lend Lease\u2019s Project Director, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our Lend Lease graduate programme runs over 2 years and is designed to enhance graduates\u2019 skills and experience, helping individuals build a career and allowing them to work in a variety of roles, functions and regions across our Construction and Development businesses.<\/p>\n<p>All of our current and former Beacon Barracks graduates are performing very well and have immersed themselves fully in the programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We provide them all with ongoing support, training and expertise to help broaden their understanding of the property and construction industry as a whole. Historically, our graduates have gone on to have successful careers at Lend Lease, and we are proud to nurture such talent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of graduates is helping to successfully deliver the \u00a3100 million redevelopment of Beacon Barracks in Stafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}