Land Rover BAR HQ, Portsmouth This site is the new headquarters for the Land Rover BAR team, from where Sir Ben Ainslie will develop and lead the British entry for the America’s Cup challenge in 2017. We began work on this project at the end of July 2014. The headquarters will become the focal point for the design, construction and development of the team’s boats and will also provide sports science and fitness facilities. Visitors will experience the construction and on-going operation of the team’s America’s Cup boats first-hand. Being on the waterfront, the site had to be made waterproof as initially it was subject to tidal waters. The works involved two phases of construction. Phase one involved piling, creation of a ground floor slab and associated works including: • The removal of n

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