Thought it might be interesting to show the new FMRI being delivered to James Cook University Hospital. The scanner is a 3T Magnetom Trio A Tim system provided by Siemens and weighs in at 13 tons. It is being provided to the Neurosciences Department by the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust & Durham University, who will be using the facility for research.

Images taken recently at Hartlepool Innovation Centre – Hub Two.

Client: UK Steel Enterprise Limited
Project: Hartlepool Innovation Centre – Hub Two
Main Contractor: Mansell
Procurement Method: Design & Build
Build Cost: £3m
Completion Date: July 2011

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P+HS attended a factory visit with Nottingham Critical care staff to assess the flexibility and performance of the Drager Movita ICU Medical Pendant. As a part of the proposed scheme for NUH Adult Critical Care unit, it is the design intent to deliver all critical services from specialized medical pendants in place of the current bed head panels. This will afford the Staff greater flexibility and working efficiencies.  In combination an additional Guldmann Hoist will be fitted to a 3rd arm of the pendant, this will allow any members of staff to easily move and physically manage patients in and out of the bed, catering for weights up to 350Kg / 55 stone.

Drager Movita brochure (pdf)     Guldman lifting modules

 

The team for Houghton le Spring Primary Care Centre are celebrating the achievement of BREEAM Outstanding at the Design stage: the first Outstanding awarded for a Health building in the UK. Designed by P+HS, the development for Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust is being constructed by Willmott Dixon and is due for completion in Summer 2011.

This development with Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust will extend and remodel an existing mental health facility in two phases. Procured through P21 with Mansell the development will create a 20-bed Adult Acute unit and a 15-bed Dementia Unit.

Above are a few pictures from the new Oncology satellite unit which we are involved with at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. This unit will provide 3 new linear accelerator (LINAC) bunkers and a CT scanner for treatment planning along with consulting spaces and office accomodation.

The LINAC bunkers are (I believe) the first to be constructed in the UK using a pre-cast panel sandwhich system and in our case the void between the concrete panels is filled with blast furnace slag and magnetite. This system has offered time savings over the traditional mass concrete solutions as well as passing responsibility for the structural design and radiation protection firmly into the bunker suppliers, which is a significant relief for the main contractor!

Unfortunately it’s quite a tight site and there’s a hoarding all the way round which makes getting good photos almost impossible but Sara’s almost finished some external and internal visuals which I’ll post in due course and these give a much better idea of what the building will look like when complete.

The project is due to handover in June 2011.

Work is continuing at pace on Ireland Wood Surgery; these photos were taken on Thursday. The green netting and scaffolding are doing a fine job of hiding the building at the moment but the roof and walls are approaching completion.

Yes, the column is meant to be at that angle.

The project is run by Abstract Healthcare Management for Assura Medical Centres, with Tolent Construction. Despite the tropical amounts of rain that seem to be hitting Leeds this autumn, we’re still on programme.

The final bolt on the steel frame of a £4.7m extension to one of Teesside’s most successful business centres has been put in place by the Managing Director of UK Steel Enterprise.

The ceremony marked the completion of an important stage in the development of UK Steel Enterprise’s Innovation Centre on Hartlepool’s Queens Meadow Business Park, due for completion in May 2011.

Stuart Green, head of UKSE, the Tata Steel subsidiary, was joined by representatives from One North East, Tees Valley Unlimited, Hartlepool Borough Council, the town’s Mayor Stuart Drummond and architects, contractors and project managers involved in the project.

The extension will almost double the size of the existing Centre, built in 2005.  It will add 20, 000 sq ft of space to the existing 27,500 sq ft, providing 46 new offices, most with balconies, along with an additional reception area and parking space.

“We are pleased to be investing £4.7m in Tees Valley to meet the demand for top quality, managed business premises that is still growing despite the challenging economic circumstances,” said Stuart Green.  “We are currently supporting around 80 of the area’s most promising companies in our two Innovation Centres at Redcar and Hartlepool and there has already been considerable interest shown in these new offices.

“UKSE has decades of experience in providing managed business premises and, nationally, we have invested more than £30m in workspace alongside £75m of true risk capital to help more than 4,600 companies and create more than 70,000 jobs.”

Both Innovation Centres are specifically designed to support new and growing companies, leaving them free to concentrate on their core businesses by providing facilities such as a manned reception area, high security, 24 hour access, well-equipped meeting rooms, the latest broadband and telecom systems and even a gym and chill-out room alongside support from an on-site UKSE team and no lengthy leases.

Support for the latest project has come from One North East and Tees Valley Unlimited. David Cramond, Director of Capital Development at One North East said: “This investment by UK Steel Enterprise is very welcome and it is good to see the development taking shape. Projects like this are extremely important for the economy of Tees Valley and the North East and demonstrate what can be done when organisations work in partnership across the region.”

Richard Buckley, Director of Delivery, Tees Valley Unlimited said: “This is exactly the type of project that we are keen to invest in and support as it helps small and medium sized  enterprises establish themselves in this area.  We want to see developments like this flourish and wish UK Steel Enterprise every success.”

Mayor of Hartlepool Stuart Drummond said: “We are delighted to see UK Steel Enterprise making this investment in Hartlepool.  UKSE showed great faith in Phase 1 of our development at Queens Meadow and the Innovation Centre was one of the first buildings to be completed on the business park.  A further investment, especially at this time is great news for Hartlepool.”

News release on behalf of UK Steel Enterprise Limited, published in Euvue, see http://regional-news.euvue.co.uk/4-7m-investment-for-hartlepool/

 

 

Work is progressing nicely on Ireland Wood Surgery in Leeds a GP surgery and pharmacy for Assura Medical Centres and Tolent Construction. This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago so things have moved on a little, but you can already see the form taking shape.

The project is due to finish on site in Spring 2011. I’ll update with more photos as work continues.

Work has started on Phase II of the Hartlepool Innovation Centre. This is the second building on Queens Meadow Business Park that P+HS have designed for UK Steel Enterprise Limited. The foundations are complete and erection of the steel frame is well underway [approx 70% complete]. Work on the roof is due to start later this week, whilst the concrete first and second floors are programmed to commence on 28th October.

Client: UK Steel Enterprise Limited

Architect: P+HS

Main Contractor: Mansell Construction Services Limited

Contract Value: £2.9m

Completion Date: May 2011.

 

 

Images supplied courtesy of Willmott Dixon Construction Limited.

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Willmott Dixon have installed a webcam at the Houghton le Spring Primary Care Centre site. This can be viewed by visiting this web page.

Should you wish to view the progress of this project, you will need a user name and password to gain access to the webcam. Please contact me, via email, for confirmation of both.

Work is progressing well at Blaydon with completion targeted for September 2010 as per original programme.

P+HS Architects are responsible for the design of the Primary Care Centre, while S&P Architects are responsible for the Leisure Centre.

The project is being delivered under the scape procurement method.

Contractor: Willmott Dixon Limited

Contract Value: £17.5m approx [AMP]

Completion Date: September 2010

Progress continues on Nottingham University Hospital Trust new radiotherapy department (LINACs). The main bunkers are still on programme for the sectional handover.  Work is also underway on selecting an appropriate artist(s) and artwork for the scheme. This will address our commitments under BREEAM Hea19 and also our strong belief in the use of art in buildings, to enrich the experience of those who use the building and aid in the process of healing. 

The LINAC bunkers which form part of the new Radiology department for Nottingham University Hospitals is nearing it’s April deadline for it’s partial handover .  The Bunkers which form the main body of the building will be handed over to allow the 6 month commissioning period for the specialist machines to commence.

Work will continue on site to the exteranl envelope and the Mould workshops and fittings areas as programmed for the buildings completion later this year.