£14MILLION HEALTH CENTRE EQUIPPED WITH MODULAR BUILDING SERVICES
Pipe Center's Modular Engineering has won a contract to
supply modular offsite building services for a new £14.7million
health and community centre in Hull.
Bransholme Health Centre is located next to North Point shopping
centre in Hull. The flagship four-storey facility will house 11 GP
practices and cater for a wide range of health and community
services.
The centre will include audiology services, community nursing
teams, family planning clinic, cardiac services, and speech and
language therapy.
It is currently under construction and due to open in 2012.
The project, by Hull-based developer Citycare and main
contractor Sewell Construction, is being equipped with an
innovative buildings services solution by mechanical services
contractor Binks Building Services of Hull.
BBS has worked closely on the planning and design of the offsite
solution with Modular Engineering. It will require 93 modules, each
equipped with the services for heating, hot and cold water and
electrical containment.
The contract follows successful completion by the same project
partners of another community facility in Hull, Wilberforce Health
Centre, which is also based on a modular solution.
Andy Moss, leading the project for Binks Building Services,
said: 'There are tight space limitations onsite at Bransholme
that would make the traditional approach difficult, to say the
least. A modular system overcomes this, as we can precisely control
and manage activities that would not be possible with conventional
onsite installation. Off-site fabrication offers a number of other
important advantages. For example, it cuts installation time
onsite, reduces materials wastage, cuts costs and simplifies the
project management required to deliver a first class result for the
client. These are obviously highly attractive benefits for all
concerned.'
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