CASE STUDY
WILTSHIRE AIR AMBULANCE
Architecture | Project Management | Quantity Surveying
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
PROJECT NAME: Wiltshire Air Ambulance
LOCATION: Wiltshire
OUR ROLES: Architects, Project Managers & Quantity Surveyors
BUILDING TYPE: Industrial / Health
CLIENT: Wiltshire Council
PROJECT VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL
SIZE (GIA): 64M2
RIBA STAGES: 4-7
CONTRACT: JCT INTERMEDIATE
PROJECT SUMMARY
CMS provided Architectural, Project Management and Quantity Surveying services to Wiltshire Air Ambulance for the design and construction of their new base at Semington, Wiltshire. During this project we worked with an established team of consulting professionals, including Rigg Construction Southern Ltd.
The new state-of-the-art base is a two-storey construction with an adjoining hangar of suffi cient height to house the aircraft and facilitate day-to-day maintenance.
The new base is now fully operational, and all teams are immensely proud of what was achieved for the charitable organisation.
CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance project presented a series of complex and interrelated challenges, requiring a carefully balanced and integrated design approach.
A key objective was to successfully combine operational facilities with the charity’s administrative and public-facing functions, achieved through the creation of a central atrium and shared communal kitchen to encourage interaction and cohesion.
The project also demanded careful fi nancial management, balancing a constrained budget while clearly justifying essential areas of investment. Planning constraints and regulatory requirements added further complexity, necessitating a compliant yet effi cient design solution. In addition, the client’s diverse organisational structure resulted in a highly detailed and multifaceted brief, requiring a fl exible and responsive approach to accommodate a wide range of operational and stakeholder needs.
“I imagine everyone else was as completely blown away as I was. Yes, we’d seen the plans, the model, the site under construction, but nothing could have prepared me for the finished product. You and your team have delivered in spades. Well done all round. A very big thanks.
We have a base of which we can all be immensely proud.”
Richard Youens, Wiltshire Air Ambulance President
PROJECT TEAM
ARCHITECT
CMS Architects Ltd
QUANTITY SURVERYORS
CMS PM&S Ltd
PROJECT MANAGER
CMS PM&S Ltd
ENGINEER
WSP Group
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS
Johns Associates
BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT CONTROL OFFICERS
Wiltshire Council
