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Structural steel units on-site for Royal Surrey cancer centre
The MTX project to create a new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford has reached a key milestone, with delivery and installation of 170 precisely engineered steel structural units now complete. The factory-manufactured units,
ranging from 6-15 metres long, form the fabric of the new three-storey building – which also includes a part-basement to accommodate the sloping site, and part-enclosed roof plant area for air-handling units and other equipment. A total of 56 patient beds, consulting and examination rooms, and recovery areas, will on the ground and first floor. They include a 20-bed second phase recovery area, a 24-bed short-stay ward (12 of which are single occupancy rooms), a 12- bed Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, and ancillary areas.
Six new hybrid operating theatres will be located on the first floor – two specialist orthopaedic operating rooms equipped with clean air canopies, two designed for laparoscopic procedures with specialist equipment and lighting, and two general operating rooms. A first-floor bridge corridor linking
the new facility directly to the rest of the hospital will be supported on concrete
Guy’s surgical centre plans approved by Government
Plans are now well underway for a new surgical centre at Guy’s Hospital in London, following government approval granted to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The new centre (see artist’s
pillars, and has been designed to provide clearance for larger delivery vehicles. MTX is set to carry out enabling works to provide a new access for the bridge corridor on the first floor of the main hospital. MTX employs Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles ‘to deliver new facilities faster, safer, greener’ and more cost effective than conventional building methods. These ‘fast-track’ processes have enabled groundworks to take place on site while the structural steel modules were manufactured off-site for delivery and installation. The result is a reduction in programme duration and earlier delivery of new facilities purpose-designed and fully compliant
Empowering young female engineers of the future
As ‘one of the building automation sector’s leading drivers of better female representation’, the Building Controls Industry Association’s (BCIA) Young Engineers Network (YEN) recently co-hosted the Together We Engineer event – ‘a thought- provoking discussion on empowering women and the next generation’. Organised by the YEN and the
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Women in Building Services Engineering (WIBSE), the evening of panel debates and discussions brought together panellists from leading building services professional bodies and associations, such as BCIA Young Engineer of the Year and YEN member, Zoe Dickson,
and BCIA Vice President, Jen Vickers, to discuss ‘how they are inspiring female professionals and the next generation’. The BCIA said: “The event, in
Manchester, featured two engaging panel sessions, entitled ‘Women in Engineering’ and ‘Inspiring the Next Generation’. Exploring the importance of inclusion, allyship, and innovation in shaping the future of engineering, the discussions sparked crucial conversations, and empowered all attendees to thrive in their respective disciplines.” Jen Vickers, Vice President of the
BCIA, who sat on both panels, said: “It’s important for women already in the industry to be visible to make it accessible for those who may not otherwise consider it as a career option. To quote the tennis player,
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Billie Jean King, ‘You have to see it to be it.’ She added: “There needs to
be more visibility in schools and colleges, through delivering presentations and offering work placements to demonstrate to young women that it is a viable career path for them.” Kate O’Donnell, Business
Development manager, E-ON Controls, and YEN Regional lead for the North, said: “Events like this spark inspiration, showing that women in BEMS aren’t just part of the future, they’re shaping it right now. It’s all about building a community where women thrive.”
to quickly benefit patients and help to reduce waiting lists. All floors in the new facility are
poured concrete. Specially designed reinforcing pads on the first floor areas of the new operating theatres will deliver the response levels required to aid surgeons in their treatment of patients. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Deputy CEO, Ross Dunworth, said: “We are pleased to have awarded the contract for this major development to MTX, who have extensive experience of similar construction at other NHS Trusts. There is a shared sense of excitement around this development, and we are very much looking forward to opening and using the new centre.”
impression), dedicated to elective surgery, will be housed in a new eight-storey purpose- built building at the hospital. It will include six new operating theatres, 17 recovery rooms, a discharge lounge, and change and rest facilities for theatre staff. Elective orthopaedic surgery
will transfer from Guy’s main theatres to the new centre, which the Trust says will ‘free up vital additional capacity’ to support other services. The Trust explained: “The
surgical centre will help reduce waiting lists at a time of rising demand for complex and specialist planned surgery, and from a growing ageing population in South-East London and beyond.” Professor Ian Abbs, the Trust’s CEO, said: “The Guy’s surgical centre will give us state-of-the- art new theatres so we can ensure that people get their operations when they need them. Having a surgical centre dedicated to complex, non-emergency operations benefits orthopaedic patients, while also enabling us to upgrade our existing theatres so they can respond to the needs of all our patients – now and in the future.” Architect Ryder Architecture has been appointed for the project, and main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey will undertake construction. Enabling works on the site at
Great Maze Pond have begun, with building work scheduled to start in June 2026. Construction is expected to finish by the end of 2028, and the centre to open in Spring 2029.
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