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NHS is failing to reap benefits of capital framework
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ospitals are failing to capitalise on the potential of the ProCure22 framework for delivering new developments, warns major contractor, BAM. Jonathan Ainley, frameworks manager for BAM Construct UK, is urging the NHS to engage even earlier with contractors under the ProCure22 (P22) capital framework.
In a blog published on BAM’s website, he said: “Our partnership with the NHS under the P22 framework has already resulted in a range of standard room designs, standard assemblies and standard components, free P22 training, a suite of guidance documents covering the use of BIM, pre- and post- occupancy evaluation and Government Soft Landings (GSL). And the millions of pounds of project savings prove that this behind-the-scenes work delivers. “Engaging us earlier would accelerate the scale of these benefits. “We know how to design, cost and construct healthcare facilities, so involving us from the very start would only add further value and reduce abortive work.”
Earlier iterations of the framework have transformed UK healthcare projects UK since 2003 by virtually eliminating delays and cost overruns. But, said Ainley, some NHS trusts still view the collaborative partnership with suspicion, which is holding them back from getting more out of the expertise that contractors and their supply chain partners have to offer.
He added: “The mindset must change from seeing us as principally builders appointed for a single building, or a group of buildings, to seeing us as long-term partners helping to deliver service improvement and organisational changes through well-designed, flexible and efficient facilities across multiple sites and providers.”
He said earlier engagement would
provide reduced construction risk, improve sequencing and buildability, empower modern construction methods, and improve cost information. In turn, this would help trusts align estates with clinical requirements and outputs. “There is a precedent,” he added. “At the Erasmus Medisch Centrum in Rotterdam, the operator is reducing operating costs with help from asset data supplied by us as the contractor. We can do the same for an NHS trust here.
“Data is another under-exploited estate asset waiting for trusts to take advantage of.
“The facility and assets become a living database; a mine of valuable information that has the potential to reduce future operating costs during management. “Surely it is better to work together collaboratively at an early stage than discovering too late that a project is unaffordable?”
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• £1.3bn deal for ENGIE ENGIE has secured a long-term contract to provide total facilities management, including property and building services management, energy services, construction project works, and asset lifecycle replacement for Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust’s Queen Alexandra Hospital (QAH) in Cosham, in a deal worth a total of £1.3billion. ENGIE has been providing these services on an interim basis at the hospital since early 2018 following the collapse of Carillion. It has now agreed a deal with the trust and PFI owner, The Hospital Company, for the remaining 22 years of the contract. ENGIE will also be responsible for the management of 950 employees across the hospital site.
www.engie.co.uk
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