The £30m funding will see the set up of recent major high-voltage and low-voltage electrical energy distribution, back-up mills, a refurbished power centre, a brand new vacuum insulated evaporator compound and related structural and constructing works.
Air flow enhancements embody alternative of the air dealing with items serving the working theatres, pathology, supply suite, particular care child unit and ward areas.
The works require round 6km of armoured electrical cable, together with 1km of excessive voltage electrical cable, 1.3km of busbars, 9 new air dealing with items, 19 refurbished air dealing with items and three 1.5kVA mills.
McLaren is working with subcontractor Dowds Group. The works have began and are anticipated to finish in June 2024.
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McLaren engaged with clinicians, the estates workforce and different stakeholders to develop an 80-week programme to assist the belief’s ‘enterprise as normal’ coverage – to ship the works with out getting in the best way of hospital procedures and operations.
Man Pocock, affiliate director of capital planning and growth at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Belief, stated: “The work at Queen Elizabeth Hospital will enhance {the electrical} infrastructure, oxygen provide and air flow to scientific areas. This may deliver {the electrical} and air flow methods as much as fashionable requirements and create extra resilience in our oxygen provides to profit affected person care. We’re working intently with McLaren to make sure there may be minimal disruption to the conventional working of the hospital in the course of the works.”
McLaren’s head of healthcare, Richard Keen, added: “Our workforce has the expertise to know the belief’s wants, work successfully with its individuals and ship enterprise as normal for the hospital. That’s going to imply ongoing collaboration as we flex in response to scientific pressures and altering circumstances.”
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