Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

In January 2019, the hospital began the process of moving into their new premises on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. This meant that, whilst the hospital at Papworth Everard was under decommission, the site would eventually become vacant and a huge target for trespassers.

The main concern for our client was urban explorers gaining access and injuring themselves on site during decommissioning, as well as potential theft of the equipment and materials left on site.

As our client had never worked alongside a security service before working with ProFM Group, finding the right solution which fit the project’s requirements was vital.

After three months of negotiations and project delays, ProFM were awarded the contract for the proposed solution to commence in May 2019. A smooth mobilisation lead by our Operations Director took place, and the security implementation ran smoothly thereafter.

Despite the initial contract duration request being a 12 week period, ProFM were involved in various renegotiations in between and subsequently awarded a further 17 month contract thereafter.

We successfully completed the works in December 2020 once the site had been decommissioned and sold. Both our site team and Head Office formed a great partnership with the client, and all incidents were responded to and handled quickly and professional by the team involved. In total, our expert team dealt with 117 incidents over the course of the contract duration, ensuring the site stayed fully safe and secure throughout ProFM’s involvement.