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NEWS HEALTHCARE
Ramboll to lead design for new London children’s cancer centre
Global engineering, design and sustainability consultancy Ramboll has been appointed as lead consultant for the design of the new Children’s Cancer Principal Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London. Appointed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Ramboll will provide a full range of multi-disciplinary advisory and design services, with sub consultants providing further specialist support. This includes collaboration with ADP Architecture for architectural and lead designer services, with further specialist services from GL Hearn, Art in Site, Thornton Tomasetti and Safer Sphere. In line with the Trust’s ambitions, the project will involve a multi-phased approach to ward decants and department remodelling across three separate buildings at the hospital. Design solutions will align with the Trust’s sustainability strategy net zero requirements, covering plant selection,
NEW APPOINTMENT
Fereday Pollard appoints Jennifer Dixon in strategic growth role
Architectural and landscape design practice Fereday Pollard has appointed Jennifer Dixon as its director of growth and communications to spearhead the practices’ growth programme and further strengthen its senior leadership base. The appointment follows Dixon’s “highly successful year already spent working with Fereday Pollard in an advisory capacity,” said the practice. In this new position, she will drive the practice’s “ever-increasing involvement in the engineering-led major transport and infrastructure sectors as well as its expansion into new related sectors and increasing international presence.” Jennifer brings 30 years of experience to Fereday Pollard having previously founded her own London architecture
practice in 1993, which later merged with Austin-Smith:Lord in 2003, where she became principal of its London studio. From 2013 to 2019, Dixon led the architecture discipline at AECOM across the EMEA region. Jennifer practises as an RIBA Client Adviser, and will continue to provide specialist advisory capability and capacity to client teams embarking on strategic-scale development, augmenting Fereday Pollards existing expertise in pre-design advice and DCO services for infrastructure projects. She is a board trustee of RIBA and a director of the construction industry council. Chris Pollard, managing director at Fereday Pollard, commented: “Jennifer’s appointment comes at a pivotal time and follows on from a highly
successful period for the practice that has seen our new station at Abbey Wood receive a RIBA London award. Jennifer’s appointment is not only an important next step for the future of the practice but with her extensive experience in the highly specialised environments of transport and infrastructure design, it also refl ects our commitment to the ongoing development and expansion of the human-focussed design solutions we are proud to deliver within engineering-led major infrastructure.”
Hospital (part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust), has been chosen as the future PTC location for south London and much of south east England. Evelina London is now working closely with patients, families, its own staff and staff from the existing service delivered by The Royal Marsden and St George’s Hospital, to plan for the safe transfer of specialist cancer services to Evelina London Children’s Hospital. The service is not expected to move before October 2026.
renewable energy, water management, air quality and material use. There are currently 13 children’s cancer Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs) in England which provide specialist care for children aged 15 and under with cancer. Following an NHS England-led decision- making process, Evelina London Children’s
“Environmental sustainability will be integral to the development and delivery of this project,” said Ramboll, adding that it contribute to the Trust’s ambition to reduce their “absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 47% by December 2029 and hit net zero carbon by 2045.” Focusing on projects that are both sustainable and patient-focused, Ramboll’s design solutions are “crafted to minimise environmental impact while having maximum effect on wellbeing.”
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