OFFSITE BUILD AND ENGINEERING
For the Bassetlaw Emergency Care Village new build, NG Bailey is delivering an ‘all-electric’ design.
and the costs for the client. By working collaboratively with the hospitals to agree on a standardised ‘kit of parts’, we can ensure that everything we produce is not only compliant, but also delivers the best value for the project, saving time and cost on lengthy re-designs. In Bassetlaw, we are using our tried
and tested ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach by prefabricating many of the materials we are using at our specialist offsite manufacturing facility in Bradford. This includes the pipework spools connecting the hot water to the existing hospital, the valve sets serving heating radiant panels in the clinical spaces, and DWS pipework IPS modules in the ward and clinical areas. This ‘offsite first’ approach allows us to speed up the manufacture and installation of equipment, helping us to keep to a tight delivery schedule, and ensuring that the new and refurbished areas of the site will be operational by summer.
Collaborative construction Working on live hospital sites presents complex challenges, which is why collaboration is one of the most important aspects of successful delivery. This is especially true during M&E installations, where we’re installing vital functions, such as heating and electricity. In the Bassetlaw Emergency Care Village new build, we are delivering an all-electric design, which involves providing new air source heat pumps (ASHPs) on the outer roof of the first floor’s plant deck, as well as installing new air-handling units on the inner roof of the new first floor plantroom. The NHS uses large quantities of heat and hot water each year to provide safe and effective healthcare. ASHPs are sustainable and affordable solutions to heating and cooling, with the capacity to reduce the associated costs, as well as the carbon emissions, of the building by over 30%.4 Once the ASHPs and air-handling units
are installed, we will then install the MEP services for the Emergency Care Village, connecting existing site-wide infrastructure
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The ‘offsite first’ approach enables NG Bailey to speed up the manufacture and installation of equipment.
to the building. This includes medical gases, heating from the mains, security and IT systems, as well as fire alarms and building management system controls. Similarly, in the new Children’s Assessment Unit and Assessment and Treatment Centre we are adding a new internal plantroom above the existing Endoscopy Department, which will house the new heating, cooling, and ventilation plant.
Looking forwards There is no doubt that MMC will continue to play a significant role in the future of healthcare construction. MMC and offsite manufacturing offer considerable benefits – from creating a safer working environment, to reducing the emissions of the entire facility, both during construction and operationally. Complexity and urgency can make undertaking healthcare projects a daunting task. However, by working with organisations such as Integrated Health Projects – the joint venture between VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine, and taking advantage of MMC, combined with careful planning, attention to detail, and collaborative client relationships, it is possible to successfully deliver schemes that will create a more sustainable, more resilient, NHS for generations to come.
References 1 Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service. NHS England, October 2020
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2 Lowe T. Building, Rebooting the New Hospital Programme: Is this the solution to the NHS backlog? Building online 16 June 2023.
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3 Modern Methods of Construction: Benefits and Challenges. Procure Partnerships Framework, 12 September 2022. http://
tinyurl.com/nh6rumy4
4 Makosinski J. NHS leads the way in adopting heat pump technology. Building Better Healthcare 19 April 2023. http://
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Patrick Morrison
Patrick Morrison is the Healthcare Sector director for NG Bailey’s Engineering Division. He joined NG Bailey 37 years ago as an electrical apprentice, and has gained a breadth of experience, rising through the business in roles including Project manager and Pre-contract manager, before becoming the Healthcare Sector director in 2002.
In his role he leads on all healthcare bids, including the UK frameworks such as ProCure23, Framework Scotland, and Building for Wales. He also covers regional frameworks, private sector bids, and opportunities through the New Hospital Programme. He works closely with NG Bailey’s Offsite Division to ensure that the business delivers best practice, and that innovative solutions are delivered through Modern Methods of Construction into new hospital developments. This includes integrated service modules, risers, valve assemblies, plantrooms, plant skids, electrical distribution, and the latest ‘kit of parts’ solutions for NHS repeatable rooms.
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