£95M Ulster Hospital scheme appoints main contractor

The Graham-Bam Healthcare Partnership has been appointed to deliver Ulster Hospital’s new £95M Acute Services Block by the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.

Forming part of a wider redevelopment of the Belfast hospital, the Acute Services Block will replace the out-dated existing main ward block and other specialist acute services within the hospital.

The new building will be located next to a new £86M ward facility currently being built on the same complex by Graham-Bam Healthcare Partnership, which to due to complete this autumn.

The Graham-Bam Healthcare Partnership was appointed to the £185M four-year framework in 2013. The Company is currently working on the first phase of the redevelopment programme at Ulster Hospital. The current seven-storey new build Inpatient Ward Block will contain a ground floor procedural area, with four upper floors providing 288 en-suite bedrooms within 12 inpatient wards.

The Graham-Bam Healthcare Partnership will now act as Main Contractor on the new eight-storey, 31,000 sq m Acute Services block that will include specialist wards, support services, assessment unit, inpatient imaging department, and a new emergency department, which will be able to handle 110,000 attendances per year.

The project is designed to achieve the BREEAM Excellent standard and will see flat slab construction used to integrate the structure with its services and the clinical spaces. Operational running costs will be reduced by the building’s high thermal mass, while structural and acoustic solutions will enhance the healthcare services provided.

Hugh McCaughey, Chief Executive of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust said: “We are investing heavily in our modern and fit-for-purpose facilities so we can give our patients the best possible treatment. The redevelopment of the Ulster Hospital will enable us to implement a new service model with future focus on the management and treatment of acutely ill patients within the hospital setting.

Peter Reavey, Director, at Graham-Bam Healthcare Partnership said: “This is a state-of-the-art building designed to provide specialist care at the highest level, from operating and post-operative care facilities to high tech containment laboratories. We will be drawing on our strong track-record of delivering world-class medical facilities as we prepare to start the 39-month construction programme, which is expected to complete in summer 2019.

 

 

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