UK Hydrographic Office in Somerset: Where wood and water meet

By Helena Russell2020-02-03T06:00:00

UK Hydrographic Office, Somerset. 07 Feb 2020, Issue 52015_01016_000_1255

Source: AHR / Daniel Hopkinson

Bringing everything together under one roof was a central aim in creating a new headquarters for the UK Hydrographic Office – so why not make it the defining feature? Helena Russell reports

Working conditions for more than 800 staff have been radically overhauled by the move into a new head office for the UK Hydrographic Office in Somerset. The agency, which is a trading fund of the Ministry of Defence, is also a major supplier of marine geospatial information to commercial partners.

As providing data has moved from print to digital, the body’s working practice has changed dramatically. Software developers now make up a large proportion of the workers and printing facilities are no longer required, which has freed up land at the Taunton site to be sold for housing development.

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