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‘Exuberant architecture almost has you feeling that you are arriving for retail therapy in a shopping mall’
Sustainability is a watchword
• The hospital is meeting NHS energy targets that call for an element of natural lighting and ventilation and extreme- ly efficient thermal properties. • Balfour Beatty uses preferred suppliers that prioritise sus- tainable sources, and, where possible, local subcontractors, labour and food supplies. • Building materials from the old hospital are being used as hardcore for the car parks and infrastructure. • SUDS (sustainable urban drainage systems mean the majority of car parks make no demands on local authority drainage systems, and hand gels and modern cleaning tech- niques reduce the demand on tap water. • The project achieved an Excellent rating under NEAT, the NHS Environment Assessment Tool, just before the intro- duction of the BREEAM Healthcare standard.
judged on the best, most innovative design solution against the specification, which included environmental impacts and energy targets. “The construction contractor employs specialist designers
who are expert in designing healthcare facilities, and the skill is in how you put it together with clinical adjacencies for optimal delivery,” says Chris. “You could make it all single- storey, but then one department could be a kilometre away from another. It’s better when you can work vertically, for instance with the Accident and Emergency [A&E] depart- ment directly below operating theatres.” The two-phase, £300 million construction programme
started in June 2007, with the first phase handed over in May 2009, the second phase on track for completion in December this year and final handover scheduled for October 2011. The new hospital is surrounded by the Trust estate including the old hospital, which is continuing to function and gradually decanting to new wards and departments. Martin Buckley, Balfour Beatty Construction Northern’s
project director says: “With modular buildings we’ve provid- ed temporary space for the non-clinical estate to move into, then we were able to demolish the former buildings and make space for the new hospital. “Clinical services have continued without disruption and as
the non-clinical accommodation becomes ready, those servic- es will move out of their temporary locations or former build- ings, which will make way for car parking infrastructure and a new helipad.” The smooth running of the hospital service has been a prime consideration.
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