Harrow Green, has won a contract to relocate Airbus UK to a new multi-million pound engineering and technology campus in Filton.

The move will see over 2,500 of the firm’s 4,000 employees move to the state-of-the-art  Airbus Aerospace Park when it opens at the end of 2013. The contract was won following a lengthy tender process and will provide a managed resource for the relocation of staff, the removal and reselling or recycling of furniture and the disconnection and migration of IT equipment between buildings on the site.

 

The logistical dimensions of the moves are complex owing to the size and scope of the project within a tight time frame. Approximately 20 buildings will be vacated across the site with 2,800 moving into two new buildings, a further 1,400 staff into two existing buildings involving the temporary move of current occupants to allow refurbishment before final occupation.

 

Harrow Green will also be providing Airbus with a full range of environmental services including: recycling, reuse, charitable donation and resale of redundant furniture, IT and related office equipment. Furniture recycling is estimated to be around 3,000 furniture sets.  Airbus is committed to its corporate social responsibility policy and sees the clearance of old furniture as an important element of the project.

 

James Buchanan, Real Estate Facilities Engineer - Filton for Airbus, said, “It is reassuring to know that Harrow Green has the skills, expertise and reputation to manage such an extremely complex logistical project. I look forward to working with them.”

 

Stephen Noake, Harrow Green’s manager for the contract, said, “We are delighted to have been appointed by Airbus to help them on the journey to their new state-of-the-art campus.”

 

Picture: Airbus technology campus.