Metrix
Training
the DTC
in Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cymraeg | ||||||||||
| Metrix Home | About the DTR Programme | About Metrix |
Metrix Training |
Community | Building the DTC |
Wales | Metrix in Media |
Contact | |
|||||||||
The development of the St Athan siteThe Defence Technical College (DTC) will be a wholly new type of training facility, providing the Armed Forces for the first time with a purpose-built training facility, where buildings will be specifically designed to accommodate the training techniques and methods of today while at the same time being flexible enough to facilitate the continually changing military training requirements of the future. The DTC will provide a fitting home for the servicemen and women who will train at St Athan over the course of the next 25 to 30 years. Metrix must take the core elements of the DTR programme, one of the largest and most complex PFI projects ever undertaken by the MoD, and express, through expert planning, design and architectural excellence, the DTR vision to transform the way specialist training is delivered to provide better support to the future needs of the UK Armed Forces. What does the DTC aspire to be? It will provide modern technical skills, training and facilities and will transform training delivery through new methods and technologies by the appropriate and timely use of distance and blended learning. As such the DTC’s facilities will need to be flexible and adaptable to the dynamic style of training that will be offered. The DTC will in short offer superb new training facilities that will evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of the UK’s Armed Forces.
|
 The DTC's facilities will need to be flexible and adaptable to the dynamic style of training that will be offered. 
The interior of the Red Dragon Hangar – the focal point of the DTC – is one of the largest covered facilities in Europe. The building was constructed around four years ago and was originally designed for aeronautical MRO work. Now it is to be given an exciting new lease of life as a centre for technical training
|
Perspectives of St Athan
The DTC environment In practice a town comes of age when its residents buy
homes in its centre, lured by the convenience of being able to walk to
the nearest shops, or even place of work. The DTC in St Athan, because
it is similar in size to a small town, will have all the facilities that
you would expect of a small town: shops, pubs, restaurants, and places
of worship. It therefore promises to mirror a modern town’s level
of convenience for the servicemen and women who will train there, as well
as the training community who will be stationed at the site. Excellence
in classroom design and excellence in sports and leisure facilities will
be a hallmark of the DTC.
|
 |
|||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| © 2009 | |||||