Project MoDEL (Ministry of Defence Estates London) is a project run for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the ministry's Defence Infrastructure Organisation and VSM Estates, a joint venture established between Vinci PLC and St. Modwen Properties to bid for the contract.[1] The project involves the consolidation and sale of surplus Ministry of Defence properties around Greater London into around £180m of new developments at RAF Northolt.[2] A total of 80% of the existing buildings at RAF Northolt were demolished and replaced by the newly built facilities.[3]
Under the project, the Royal Air Force was required to close two active stations, two other sites were vacated by the United States Air Force, and the remainder by Ministry of Defence operations.
- ^ "Preferred Bidder for Ministry of Defence Estate Project". St. Modwen Properties. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ Doran, Gareth. "A MODel construction project". Defence Management Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Crozier et al 2010, p.42