Hull Royal Infirmary Ward 500

• Project Value: £650,000
• Contractor: Foremans Relocatable Building Systems
• Client: NHS Trust
• Sector: Healthcare
• Duration: 10 weeks

Scope

• Connections to the main building services infrastructure for the hot and cold water, drainage, power and low temperature hot water.
• Heating via radiant panels off the LTHW heating system
• Hot and cold water services to ward showers and medical sink / basins.
• Sanitary-ware and above ground drainage.
• Ventilation ductwork and air handling equipment.
• Building Energy Management System (BEMS) controls and monitoring.
• Medical gasses installations.
• Connections to the hospital steam plant to provide a new LTHW circuit.
• Small power and bed head services installations.
• Lighting and lighting controls.
• Access security systems integration with existing.
• Fire alarm extensions from the existing building.
• Nurse call systems for patients.
• Building lightening protection.
• Data cabling.

Brief
To provide a new permanent modular 24 bed ward located on the roof of HRI’s existing building. The building provides additional beds to alleviate pressure in Winter months.
Tucker M&E provided a full design and build concept to completion package for both mechanical and electrical services.

Project Challenges
The project threw up many challenges primarily down to the fact that the hospital required the building 10 weeks after it was lifted into position.
We were required to liaise with the hospital trust to agree a scheme that worked for the many different departments who often have different priorities. In addition to the main fit-out we were required to assess the hospital’s existing services infrastructure and then design a new infrastructure for heating, power and drainage and run these services through a fully operational hospital to serve the new ward.

Results
The building was operational within the time scales and we had no major issues that prevented the building operation. A remarkable project of just under 20 weeks from start of design to operation by the hospital.