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New fast-track operating theatres at Addenbrooke’s
Three new orthopaedic operating theatres built at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge by MTX using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are playing a leading role in a national scheme to deliver more than 50 new surgical hubs across England.
The Cambridge Movement Surgical Hub is designed to increase orthopaedic capacity at Addenbrooke’s Hospital by 20%, to around 2,700 procedures a year. It includes three new operating theatres and links to two adjacent COVID legacy wards that have been upgraded by MTX to become HTM compliant, in order to provide 40 dedicated surgical beds for patients undergoing planned orthopaedic surgery. MTX employed MMC principles to deliver
faster, greener, safer and more cost-effective completion of the project. The single-storey facility housing the new theatres has been created using 64 precisely engineered steel modules manufactured off-site. They were assembled with concrete floor screeds poured to deliver the required response factor for optimum surgical efficiency. Once the structural stage was complete,
internal and external finishing was undertaken, with fit-out using mechanical, electrical and plumbing modules designed and manufactured for assembly on site, and installation of furniture,
fittings and other equipment. The systems were 95% complete offsite, providing a high level of PMV. The new theatres will be used primarily for orthopaedic operations to help cut waiting lists for routine orthopaedic operations such as knee and hip replacements. They connect with dedicated wards to provide 40 surgical beds for patients recovering from planned operations. MTX upgraded the ventilation systems for the linked wards originally built in 2021 as part of the COVID-19 response. The work also involved working around the existing VIE Plant and
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Substation, while constructing an AHU enclosure over a swale in the existing courtyard area. Existing foundations were utilised for the wrap- around ward modules. The overall size of new building is more than
3800m², including the self-contained plant room located on top of the new unit. This houses seven air handling units to serve the three theatres and deliver the clean air so vital for rapid recovery of orthopaedic surgery patients. As the main contractor, MTX has worked with multiple partners to create the new operating theatres, including Howorth Air Technology, which supplied and commissioned the clean air systems within the theatres, and supplied the medical gases and services pendants. Bender UK provided medical IT critical power systems, and the operating lamps are by Maquet. The site of the new operating theatres
is close to the hospital’s helipad, so special care was taken in designing site movements and in the use of cranes to lift into place the premanufactured structural steel modules. MTX has extensive experience of minimising impact on existing clinical services and patients while working in busy locations within hospital sites, and worked closely with other construction companies located around the site to produce effective logistics and movement plans. NHS Trusts are increasingly using Modern Methods of Construction to provide new facilities in shorter time scales. MTX Managing Director, David Hartley, explains: “Operating theatres and other facilities created for NHS Trusts by MTX are specifically engineered for medical use. The unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital is equipped with ventilation systems designed to optimise clean air flow and meet clinical needs. “Our expertise in more effectively applying MMC principles is proven to deliver compliant
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