CONSTRUCTION
Why not modular? From looking at a range of recent projects it is clear that novel approaches can significantly improve the outcome. The timeline for the UK’s first CAR-T cell therapy manufacturing facility in Stevenage has been shortened by 24 months by leveraging modern approaches, while the approach for the Berwick project should deliver a time saving of over a year to the Trust.
Modern Methods of Construction
have already shown their benefits over traditional methods, but the evidence is mounting that leveraging and tailoring digital solutions, as well as working in a collaborative way, can provide significant further benefits to the healthcare sector. It is important to note that these advantages are universal, and can be enabled by contractors with vast experience in a variety of sectors and industries, not only healthcare. In reality, innovation often derives from applying existing knowledge in new areas, which can change long- standing approaches fundamentally, be it via faster delivery, lowered carbon emissions, or better infection control. The healthcare system faces enormous challenges in the coming years, but embracing innovation and innovative modes of construction, in line with the government’s approach, could help accelerate progress in one key area.
Tony Wells
Tony Wells is CEO of Merit, which he took over in the North East of England in 2002. At that time it was a £2 m turnover piping company, and was re-purposed to focus on self-delivery of mechanical pipework and cleanrooms, a decision which has led to the company’s success today.
Tony Wells’ focus on innovation, new technologies, and productivity, has resulted in the company designing and building the most complex of facilities with offsite techniques. Most recently, he has applied his extensive experience in creating ‘a unique’ zero carbon emission- based offsite manufacturing approach to delivering biopharma and other clean technology facilities, including Government
flagship projects in mRNA vaccines, cell and gene therapy, and Li-ion battery manufacturing. He formed Merit Health in 2020 to focus on the new hospital build programme, and ‘to bring a much-needed step change in building healthcare facilities quicker’.
He has a BEng (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Newcastle University, and is a Chartered Engineer with the IET. He started his career at British Steel Teesside executing projects on BOS/Concast, and spent time on plant at Lakenby Plate Mill and South Bank Coke Ovens. He led the Engineering and Maintenance teams at Fujitsu Newton Aycliffe for five years, before leading the Client Facility team overseeing the £200 m Siemens North Tyneside project. He also led Siemens’ global benchmarking and research review of wafer fabrication construction in Taiwan, the US, and the EU, ‘to develop the optimum future fabrication design’.
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