3.2 MOD considered that one of the benefits of the PFI project was the discipline that it imposes on the many teams and units within Main Building, as well as Modus, to meet the decant deadlines. This benefit has already been realised as the decant of staff from Main Building started on 25 May 2001 and was completed on 20 August 2001, ahead of the contractual decant completion date of 10 November 2001.
3.3 Some problems arose during the first weekend's moves but these did not recur. As the 'moves' teams became more experienced and greater supervision of the moves subcontractor took place, the process improved. All staff were operational on the Monday morning following their weekend move.