OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION
I am convinced that offsite-constructed modular buildings offer the greatest possible flexibility for fine tuning the final layout throughout the development and delivery process, maximising the opportunity for designers to gather input of the client teams without hindrance to the overall programme. This was critical, as fluctuating intended uses for the upper floors would test the flexibility, agility, and responsiveness, of our design and manufacturing teams in a future development phase, as we would go on to install the building superstructure in phase 1 without a clear vision of the upper floor uses.
Pressing forward
Flexibility of the modular build system gave UHDB the confidence to press forward with constructing a three-storey superstructure prior to a final decision on upper floor use. The Trust’s confidence was born out of the knowledge that it would have a fully compliant operational 28-bed ward that met and exceeded current design standards open on time. Furthermore, the available development footprint would be used to its full potential, as the Trust would be pre- installing circa 2,750 m2
of open plan
accommodation across the upper two floors for future development. Faith in our new ‘Strategic Partnership’
The Trust’s confidence was born out of the knowledge that it would have a fully compliant operational 28-bed ward, that ‘met and exceeded current design standards’, open on time.
procurement system, with ‘planned development based on demand’ at its core, had made it possible to introduce modern methods of construction, answering an immediate need, while setting out a clear path for future development as a secondary phase for completion in the next funding window. In that subsequent funding window, The University Hospitals of Derby and
Burton NHS Foundation Trust’s belief in the flexibility of the modular build system, and the agility of my team, were further repaid, with upper floor use converted to high specification clinical environments. A change such as this would be a significant challenge for many building methods, but in this instance would serve to demonstrate the adaptability of modular construction.
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- March 2021 Health Estate Journal 73
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