As client-side partner for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Mace – in partnership with Turner and Townsend and supported by PA, Atkins and GL Hearn – will support the delivery of over 100 projects.

The Defence Estates Optimisation programme is a long-term programme to align the UK’s defence estate for future military requirements.

The CSP contract was placed using the Crown Commercial Services framework agreement for project management and full design technical services. It is a two-year contract, with options to extend for a further two years.

Mace’s appointment builds on the consultancy company’s previous work for the MOD and DIO as strategic construction advisor and strategic design advisor, helping to provide advice on complex construction programmes.

Mark Holmes, Mace’s chief operating officer for consultancy, said:  “We are very pleased to have been selected by the DIO to deliver this important role in the transformation of the UK’s defence estate.

“The DEO programme is a vital series of projects that will ensure our defence estate is future-proof and meets the needs of the modern Armed Forces.”