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High-quality estates: a hybrid MMC approach


May 2026 | Volume 80 | Issue 05


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MTX Contracts has officially broken ground at Wycombe Hospital and Llantrisant Health Park – two transformative healthcare developments which are the latest in a string of projects delivering new facilities and improved patient care across the UK.


At Wycombe, MTX is set to create a landmark 15,000m² six-storey building that will allow Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to move core services out of the aging Wycombe Tower Block, which is unfit for long-term use. Key civil works will formally start this month to prepare


the site for the new facility, which will be created using 298 precisely engineered structural steel modules factory- manufactured off site – just one element of the Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) used to create the new building. The purpose-built development will deliver a range of vital services including cardiology, stroke-care, operating theatres, and critical care in future phases of the project. The first new clinical facility – an Endoscopy Department – is planned to open in 2027. The co-location of existing services into the new facility will provide clinical accommodation to improve clinical adjacencies, efficiencies, patient safety, and enhance the patient and staff experience. Llantrisant Health Park will see the former British Airways


MTX Project Director Daniel Harrad (pictured left) and First Minister of Wales the Rt Hon Eluned Morgan MS at Llantrisant Health Park groundbreaking ceremony.


Avionics Engineering site near Cardiff transformed into a c.17,300m² state-of-the-art healthcare campus. The new landmark diagnostics and treatment centre for South East Wales will consist of three buildings with supporting infrastructure, to create a Community Diagnostics Hub and Treatment Centre. MTX has been appointed under a Pre-Construction


Services Agreement (PCSA) to deliver Phase 1 of the development, which focuses on the design and construction of the 7,500m² Community Diagnostics Hub. The hub will be set across three floors, housing a


range of advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities. The ground floor will include MRI, CT, ultrasound, and plain film X-ray suites, alongside dedicated endoscopy procedure rooms, follow-up screening, and clinical services. The second floor will accommodate plant rooms and a training area for staff, including an Endoscopy Academy designed to provide a high-quality regional NHS training centre for endoscopists. Both projects are being delivered using MTX’s hybrid MMC approach; designed to give Trusts high quality, permanent, and totally compliant estate assets in the shortest possible timescales.


Setting the standard in healthcare construction MTX managing director David Hartley has spent a lifetime in the construction sector. He founded MTX with his father in 2002 and was later joined in the business by his brother, Steven. MTX has a proven track record of delivering high- quality results on time and to budget; setting the standard for the application of MMC facilities within the healthcare sector. The family-run company is committed to providing the NHS with exceptional healthcare spaces via their full-service construction, combining design, build, finance, operation, and maintenance expertise for projects across the UK.


David Hartley explains: “Our work with the NHS is


a huge source of pride within the business. MTX has developed its own refined approach to Modern Methods of Construction, by adopting the most efficient elements, such as modular building techniques, and combining that with aspects of traditional construction methods alongside highly efficient project management.” From financial structuring to long-term facilities support,


MTX offers NHS Trusts one single, streamlined route from conception to completion. Many of their projects start with a Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA), which allows early contractor involvement in the design process and means MTX can support the Trust from the concept and planning stage, through to project handover and beyond.


Its dedicated pre-construction team includes specialist


healthcare architects who design any new facility in close collaboration with clinicians, estate managers, and patient representatives; ensuring every design maximises efficiency, functionality, and patient experience. Importantly, because MTX is, at its core, a construction company, how the new facility will be built is a constant element in the design process – meaning more efficient completion of the project.


6 Health Estate Journal May 2026


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