projects


in brief • Charity’s forever home


Opening date for new children’s hospital


Children’s charity, Reuben’s Retreat, has appointed Building Projects Group to undertake the next stage of the development of its new forever home. The contractor will carry out work on phases four, five and six of a 10-part, multi-million pound project to create a new base for the charity, which helps families with children with life-limiting or life- threatening illnesses. The work will involve comprehensive structural works, extensions, full electrical and mechanical upgrades and a high- specification construction and fit-out. Facilities will include a hydro suite, sensory play and movie room, offices, and fully-accessible changing facilities. The building is expected to be completed later in the year.


www.reubensretreat.org www.buildingprojectsgroup.com


• Primary care improvements The first turf has been cut, marking the start of work on the new Langwith Medical Centre in Derbyshire. Contractor, Stepnell, has been appointed by Brackley Investments to construct the building, which will be operated by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. The £1.1m primary care facility, set for completion in September, will replace the existing medical centre and has been designed by Thomas Wilson Architects. A single-storey brick building, it will be four times larger than the current centre and will provide specialist accommodation for health visitors, district and community nurses and therapists.


www.brackley-investments.co.uk www.stepnell.co.uk www.thomaswilsonarchitects.co.uk


T


he opening of Scotland’s largest children’s hospital is just around the corner as NHS Lothian takes


ownership of the £150m Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Formal signing of papers means the


anticipated opening date is 15 July. Patients and services will be moved in


a well-choreographed sequence during the 10 days prior to that date. At a ceremony attended by children


from Craigour Park Primary School in Edinburgh, Jim Crombie, the hospital’s deputy chief executive, said: “It has undeniably been a long road, but we have been very clear from the outset that we wanted the best facility possible for patients, families and staff; and that is what they shall get.” During the five-month commissioning


period which now follows, the building, designed by HLM Architects and constructed by Multiplex, with be fully kitted out to transform it into a fully- functioning state-of-the-art hospital. Janice Mackenzie, clinical director,


said: “Everything from furniture to sophisticated high-tech equipment needs to be delivered, installed, and tested. “Staff orientation and training is also


a vital part of this process and they are eager to get going. It’s going to be an exciting time.” The new hospital will house 62


departments from the existing Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Sciences in Edinburgh; the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, which moves across the city from the Western General Hospital; and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, which relocate from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Morningside. The largest commissioned art and


therapeutic design programme in Europe will also be on display in the new hospital, provided by over £5m of charitable funding. And there is home-from-home


accommodation for families provided by Ronald McDonald House Charity.


www.hlmarchitects.com www.multiplex.global


Somewhere to lay their heads C


onstruction work has started on a new accommodation complex for NHS staff and medical students


at Yeovil Hospital. A turf-cutting ceremony was


held recently at the site of the former Nautilus Works, just off the A30 at Reckleford, where the development is being built by contractor, Speller Metcalfe. The key worker accommodation


scheme is the latest project to be funded by Canada Life and delivered through Yeovil Hospital’s strategic estates partnership with Prime. To date, the joint venture has


provided the hospital’s new multi-storey


car park and link road, an emergency assessment unit, outpatient waiting area, and a special care baby unit. Designed by One Creative


Environments, the housing complex will provide 176 bedrooms in a mix of one, two, four, and eight-bed apartments. Located just 500m from the hospital,


the scheme also includes shared living spaces and landscaped gardens. The project is expected to be completed by late summer 2020.


www.spellermetcalfe.com www.primeplc.com www.canadalife.co.uk www.oneltd.com


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