Contractor Henry Brothers has handed over a new HQ to Nottinghamshire Police and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The three-storey building at Sherwood Lodge in Arnold, Nottingham, contains shared office space, conference rooms, a joint tactical control room, a police control room, training classrooms, a sports hall, gymnasium and canteen.
Other features include new access, an outdoor exercise trail for staff and a joint memorial garden dedicated to the memory of staff from both organisations who have died in service.
A spokesman for Beeston-based Henry Brothers said the building was constructed “on time and on budget”.
Ian Taylor, managing director of Henry Brothers Midlands, said: “We are very pleased to have handed over this new joint headquarters building for Nottinghamshire Police and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.
“The Henry Brothers’ team was incredibly proud to have been selected to build this facility for our emergency services – supporting many local jobs on the site and in the wider local supply chain. We are delighted to have completed a project which will play such an important role in supporting the Nottinghamshire community in the future.”
Chief Constable Craig Guildford said: “This is a really significant day in the history of both organisations, and I am delighted with what has been achieved.
“This collaborative project represents a long-term commitment to partnership and joint working between two organisations with proud histories of public service.
“This is very good news for the public purse, all of our staff and the communities we serve across Nottinghamshire.”
Headquarters staff from Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service will move in between now and the summer.
Chief Fire Officer John Buckley said: “I am thrilled to see the completion of our joint headquarters, after many months of hard work from both organisations.
"We already work closely with Nottinghamshire Police in a number of ways, so this is a fantastic opportunity to share knowledge and resources, and to become more efficient as Services in creating safer communities.”
Toby Neal, Vice Chair of Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham Fire and Rescue Authority, said: “It’s an impressive building with impressive working space that is going to bring closer working between Nottinghamshire Police and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service.
“The benefits will be closer working, but also better use of finances and resources. The organisations work closely to protect the public, and that’s the most important thing. Anything that improves their working together is good.”
Work starts on site in the summer of 2020.
Other members of the construction team included Gleeds for project management, cost consultancy and M&E services, YMD Boon as architect, and civil and structural engineering firm HWA.
