Most northerly project


Kier Eastern has awarded a £10m subcontract to Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, for the off-site construction of a new hospital building at Colchester General Hospital.


£10m contract


Designed by Tangram Architects, the £20m ProCure21 project is the biggest development in the hospital’s recent history and will increase the Trust’s capacity in time for the peak winter period. It will accommodate a new paediatric department on the ground floor and an elective care centre and surgical ward on the upper floor.


Kier is Principal Supply Chain Partner appointed by the Trust under the ProCure21 framework to provide the new facility. Yorkon is manufacturing and fitting out the building off site in York and will install it in two phases to allow an existing ward facility on the site to remain in use for longer.


The new Yorkon pre-installed concrete floor will be used in all 148 modules – the first time this latest technology has been used for a complete building. The high performance floor is an innovative modular solution for high traffic areas and to accommodate sensitive hospital equipment.


Due for completion in autumn 2010 after just seven months, the building will have deeply articulated façades finished in a palette of materials, including white render, vertical bands of rainscreen cladding and curtain walling, for an attractive appearance. A key feature is the layout of the four-bed bays which provides a window for each bed space. www.yorkon.info


Yorkon, has completed its most northerly building project – a new interim supermarket for Tesco in Kirkwall, the capital of the Orkney Islands. The project involved delivering 26 purpose-built supermarket modules by road from the Yorkon production centre in York to Aberdeen, where they were transported by sea in three shipments to the cargo terminal in Kirkwall. A 500-tonne crane was then used to install the building modules on site in only three days, ready for the final stages of fitting out, stocking and commissioning of the store. Working closely with main contractors Barr Construction, Yorkon was able to reduce the build time on site to just three


weeks, minimising any disruption to Tesco customers.


The interim store will remain open for up to 20 weeks while the adjacent existing Tesco supermarket in Kirkwall is demolished and replaced with a larger 25,000sqft scheme. The interim store will then be broken down to its modular components and relocated to another Tesco site for use as either a permanent or another interim supermarket. The store, which has a retail sales area of 10,000sqft and back of house areas of 3,000sqft, is a new modular supermarket design that Yorkon has developed with Tesco. www.yorkon.info


Portakabin completes in just 11 weeks


Portakabin has completed its first project in a pioneering new partnership with Diaverum – one of the world’s leading providers of renal care services. The new satellite unit at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, allows patients with kidney disease to benefit from care closer to home.


Portakabin delivered the building in a challenging timescale of just 11 weeks


from receipt of order, helping to bring the facility into use as fast as possible to the benefit of patients. The clinic is already operating two shifts six days a week, providing treatment for up to 40 patients every week.


The specially-designed unit was manufactured off site and rapidly craned into position, minimising disruption on this busy hospital site and radically cutting the completion time. It accommodates 10 dialysis stations, nurses’ base, utility rooms, reception and waiting area, staff room, office and storage area.


The Portakabin Hire team provided a full range of services for this high specification building, including design, groundworks, project management, installation, and fitting out. Special requirements included non-slip flooring, medical hand basins, an integral pipework system for infection control, and services for a water treatment plant. www.portanews.co.uk


First to achieve CE Approval


mark – the first modular buildings in Europe to be awarded this important independent verification.


Portakabin has become the first modular manufacturer to achieve CE Approval – the European product mark, which gives customers the reassurance that specific products have been tested to demanding European standards. The Portakabin Ultima, Titan and Solus buildings have all gained European Technical Approval (ETA) following a series of rigorous tests and now carry the CE


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CE marking is now mandatory in continental Europe and is a declaration by the manufacturer that its products comply with all the production standards, safety requirements and provisions of the Construction Products Directive 89/106/EEC and European Technical Approval Guideline 023 (ETAG 023). Whilst it is not yet compulsory in the UK, CE mark approval represents best practice and gives clients further confidence in their choice of construction solution. The Portakabin modular buildings satisfied the essential requirements of


ETAG 023 for Mechanical Resistance and Stability; Hygiene, Health and Environment; Safety in Use; Protection against Noise; and Energy, Economy and Heat Retention.


All Portakabin buildings for hire also have the reassurance of accreditations from Buying Solutions – the Government’s procurement scheme; Zurich, BBA, and LABC approvals, as well as ISO 9001 for quality assurance and ISO 14001 for environmental performance.


For further information about modular buildings for hire, visit www.portanews.co.uk,


Email: information@portakabin.co.uk Tel: 0845 401 0010.


Building & Facilities Management – July 2010


Portable & Modular Buildings


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