I have 10-15 years experience of project management in construction for consultancy and client organisations including the geotechnical industry and the Ministry of Defence. I have worked on a wide variety of infrastructure projects including offices, accommodation buildings, and blast protection facilities.

My role in BAS is to manage the delivery of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme, Rothera Modernisation Project which includes a new 30 x 90m operations building and site wide services at Rothera.

1. Rothera Wharf

   Over the next decade Rothera Research Station will be upgraded to ensure its facilities keep the UK at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research.

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1. 6 March 2026: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   Work continues at pace at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. More areas of the Discovery building, our new scientific support and operations facility, are now handed over to us as we remove some of the legacy buildings.

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2. 20 November 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   Discovery Building takes shape The latest update from Rothera, our largest research station in Antarctica, where construction work on the new Discovery Building is advancing well as the summer season […]

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3. 12 February 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   Here’s our fifth postcard from Rothera, where exciting changes are transforming our largest Antarctic research station this month.

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4. 15 January 2025: Postcard from Rothera Research Station

   Welcome to our fourth Postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on the latest progress as we modernise our largest station in Antarctica.

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5. Exterior complete for new Antarctic science and operations facility

   A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weathertight, with the cladding complete and an  operations tower installed.

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6. From Scotland to Antarctica: trial construction of new Antarctic communications tower in Kintore

   A full trial assembly of a specialist air communications tower for a British Antarctic Research Station has been constructed this autumn in Scotland, ahead of its shipping to Antarctica this month. […]

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7. Antarctic Science Hub Takes Shape Amid Complex Construction Season

   A specialist construction team is making the 11,000km journey home to the UK after successfully completing the groundworks for a new state-of-the-art polar research building at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) […]

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8. The Discovery Building

   The Discovery Building will be a new world-class scientific support and operations facility at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica.

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9. Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hub  

   The next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica begins this week [11 January 2020]. To avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera […]

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