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MTX’s complex delivery of 32-bed Northwick Park ward
A new £20 m 32-bed short-stay ward for Northwick Park Hospital in London is being created above the existing A&E Department by Modern Methods of Construction specialist, MTX, in one of the most complex
build programmes the company has ever undertaken. More than 50 offsite-manufactured
structural steel modules will be used to construct the new ward on a steel deck installed on existing concrete stub columns that were part of the original A&E Department build. MTX says the challenging location, in the midst of the hospital site, requires the use of the UK’s largest crane to lift the modules into place; it is currently constructing additional site infrastructure, including high-strength concrete foundations and piling, to support the crane. MTX prides itself on the ability to
deliver contracts with minimum disruption to medical services. At Northwick Park this means maintaining safe pedestrian and ambulance access to the A&E
Department throughout the build. It also prioritises staff and contractor safety – which here entails building a pedestrian bridge over a busy road on site to enable access to the build location. The new unit will incorporate 32
short-stay beds and ancillary areas. The programme includes designing and installing mechanical modules pre- manufactured off site to control the ventilation and the environment of the wards, with a dedicated integrated plant facility provided within the new building as part of the M&E specification. The new first floor construction will
link to the existing hospital buildings via a 20 metre-long suspended connecting corridor, as well as to two existing stairwells to provide staff and visitor access.
Develop seeking ‘the next generation of inspirational trainers’
Develop Training, one of the UK’s leading accredited providers of compliance, technical, and safety training, has recently launched its new talent development programme, which ‘seeks to encourage skilled individuals from across the utility sector to become industry-leading trainers and help inspire the next generation of talent’. The company said: “The campaign’s
aim is to develop those already working ‘hands on’ in the sector to become inspirational trainers, and it offers an incentive package.” The package includes a £5,000 bonus for all new directly employed trainers from industry, formal training, and qualifications, such as the Training, Assessment and Quality Assurance (TAQA3), and the Award in Education and Training (AET), alongside the company’s new induction programme, and a dedicated, highly experienced, programme mentor. The ‘Emerge’ project is ‘all about creating new pathways for talented and experienced people in the sector, and
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providing them with the opportunity to consider furthering their career with a move into adult education and training’. Develop is particularly seeking to
recruit engineers in areas such as electrical and mechanical, New Roads And Street Works (NRSWA), water systems and Legionella, gas distribution, the Gas Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS), general health and safety, and management development. Another part of the programme seeks
to develop existing trainers by providing mentors, qualifications, and further development opportunities – all with the aim of ensuring that Develop’s trainers are ‘industry-leading’. This project also seeks to help support and address the ageing workforce issues in this sector, and to plug the skills gap in this area. Pictured is Brandon Clark, Develop Training’s F-Gas trainer.
Childrens’ day treatment centre opens to patients
Evelina London Children’s Hospital has welcomed patients to its new Children’s Day Treatment Centre. Housing the ‘state-of-the-art’ Children’s Day Surgery Unit, it has two new operating theatres, and will help the hospital treat up to an additional 2,300 children annually. Families will wait less on the day of surgery, as pre-surgery checks, the operation, recovery, and preparation for discharge can all be done seamlessly in one place, on the same day. An ‘outer space’ theme was chosen in collaboration with staff and patients to match the ‘natural world theme’ of Evelina London’s main children’s hospital building. During the Centre’s development, Evelina London held a competition to design space-themed artwork to inspire the interior designs. One of the children to design artwork was Aimee Thomas, aged 11. Her design was a portrait of Mary Jackson, the first African American female engineer to work at NASA, which now features an anaesthetic room. Aimee, from Peckham, has previously had day surgery procedures at Evelina London. Ahead of the opening, children, young people, and families, who supported the new centre’s planning, including designing artwork, attended a space- themed preview event, touring the new unit, and participating in educational activities led by the UK Space Agency and partner organisations. The six-storey Children’s Day Treatment Centre – next to the hospital on Lambeth Palace Road – was constructed by Morgan Sindall Construction and designed by ADP Architecture. Funded by Evelina London Children’s Charity, Japanese manga artist, Kiriko Kubo, who previously designed the hospital’s award-winning artwork, reimagined some of the children’s ideas in designs featured throughout the building. Kiriko worked in association with London-based art and design studio, Art in Site.
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