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Unitrunk’sPhil Wakelamdiscusses the cable management requirements for the high specification electrical installation of the University of Buckingham’s new Medical School Academic Centre at Milton Keynes University Hospital.
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raditionally, the training of doctors in the UK has been supported by public sector partnerships between state-
funded universities and NHS Hospitals. However, the move to a fee-based funding model for universities has opened up the potential for an alternative approach and the University of Buckingham, the UK’s only entirely privately-funded university, has established the country’s first independent, not-for-profit medical school. The Medical School enrolled its first cohort of students in January 2015, initially teaching students on the existing campus while working closely with Milton Keynes Hospital. With the help of a £2m grant from SEMLEP, South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership, as part of the Local Growth Fund initiative, an £8.5 million Buckingham Medical School Academic Centre has now been now been constructed, combining an academic setting with an advanced clinical training environment. Designed by architects Fielden + Mawson,
the Academic Centre includes a 200-seat capacity lecture theatre alongside simulation operating theatres, where medical students can practice advanced procedures on life-like medical mannequins, and working replicas of hospital wards. Connectivity is critical to the facility, and
technology is built in to enable simulated operations in the theatres with functionality to record and broadcast procedures from all key
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areas of the building so that lectures, practical training and assessments can be captured and shared.
Extensive Requirements The cutting edge technology installed in the building required a complex electrical installation, delivered by Northamptonshire- based electrical contracting specialist, CT Walters, as part of a project carried out by main contractor, Beard Construction. The amount and variety of cabling involved
also required a complex cable management infrastructure, which had to be installed to a programme-critical schedule. It also required a system that could be futureproofed for potential advances in technology and changes to building layout, and one durable enough to stand the test of time.
The RIS (Rapid Installation Systems) cable management solutions from Unitrunk, including Uniklip cable tray and EasyConnect cable basket, provided an ideal solution, offering a robust infrastructure for all the building’s cabling needs along with a faster, simpler approach to installation that helped to keep the demanding programme on track and economic.
Faster Installation To ensure the full time-saving and low waste advantages of the RIS systems were realised on site, Unitrunk’s technical team provided training for CT Walters’ installers, ensuring all operatives
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