offsite construction


above the main entrance, which enables it to feed directly into the main theatres at first-floor level. “This was a challenge in itself, but


due to it being a modular solution, we were able to install it while maintaining minimal disruption to the main entrance,” said Wilson.


Increasing capacity The company also delivered two orthopaedic theatres to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in just 24 weeks and these have enabled the trust to carry


out an additional 2,800 operations every year. “It is reasons like this that make


this approach increasingly popular,” said Wilson “The use of modular theatres is


routinely enabling trusts to respond to capacity demands and estates redevelopment in an agile and efficient way and with no compromise on quality, aesthetics or permanence.” MTX has been designing and


building modular operating theatres since the 1980s and these can seen in


Key benefits compared to traditional construction methods are that overall programme times are reduced by more than 50% and time on site is cut by half


use up and down the country. Recently the team worked with


Wrexham Maelor Hospital to design a bespoke two-storey operating facility made up of 31 modules and providing 751sq m of space. It comprises two operating theatres,


an endoscope procedure room with admission room, two recovery wards, an anaesthetic room, a nurse base, a staff room, scrub-up and prep rooms, staff shower rooms, toilets, a waiting area, changing rooms and endoscopy cleaning and drying rooms. The top floor houses two plantrooms; one serving the endoscope and recovery areas and the other serving the operating theatres. The company has also provided a


new orthopaedic theatre at Guy’s Hospital in London.


Flexible friend An example of the flexibility of modular


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