Hillingdon Hospital –
Three-storey ward facility
Key Facts
Client: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Construction Period: Phased over 17 months
Size: 2,550m2
Pre-Manufactured Value: 75%
The Hillington Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had a requirement to extend the current ward facilities at Hillington Hospital, which provides the majority of services for the Trust. The initial request was a single-storey ground floor extension, to house a new 20 bed decant ward.
However, the clinical needs changed and grew to a ground floor two-bed ward, within a three-storey facility, to also house additional specialist wards.
In total, the new volumetric facility comprises of 70 new bed spaces across three multi-purpose wards, each served by a main reception area and all necessary ancillary including nurse bases, staff offices, interview rooms and clinical stores. A dedicated external plant area was also constructed, serving the new facility. This consists of two chillers, five Air Handling Units and two plantrooms.
MMC Categories used:
_Category 1: Three Storey Hybrid Volumetric: Type c. Structural chassis, fitout, and external cladding / roofing complete.
_Category 2: External 2d steel wall frames manufactured offsite as part of the volumetric modules.
_Category 3: Staircases
_Category 5:
- Skid mounted domestic hot water plant and pipework
- Offsite manufactured heating pipework sub-assemblies
- Non-structural façade assemblies (including glazing, solid cladding, metalwork)
_Category 7:
- Use of BIM-connected lean delivery frameworks – digitally enabled workflow planning
- Use of standardised or sacrificial temporary works – modular scaffold
Through excellent planning and programme management, MTX has ensured we were able to make use of the new ward block with 70 additional beds within a well organised and respectable timescale, despite Covid-19 compliance conditions. They made the process incredibly easy, and the delivery was exactly what was promised.
A spokesperson for The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust