The new two-storey facility for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust will replace the existing outdated therapies and outpatients units and bring modern, high quality therapy services together under one roof. The existing buildings will be demolished and the site cleared site in preparation for the new unit.
Facilities will include 14 private consultation rooms, a large rehabilitation gym, a dedicated hand therapy area, physiotherapy cubicles, and specialist rooms for orthotics, all located on the ground floor. Space for the Trust’s administrative support teams and plant rooms will be located on the upper floor.
A total of 38 structural steel units will be used to create the new combined facility, and will be factory-manufactured offsite while the demolition of existing buildings and ground works are under way. The structural units will be craned onto the site and made weatherproof to enable fit out and mechanical and electrical services installation within the new building, streamlining the construction process.
Linked access to the main hospital building will be reinstated as part of this development to maintain familiar access routes in and out of the proposed building whilst minimising disturbance to other hospital facilities during construction.
Charmaine Hope, chief estates and facilities officer, said: “This project is part of our long term commitment to transform the Trust estate and improve services. By creating modern facilities in place of the outdated Therapies building, we’re building a future ready environment that meets the needs of our community and supports high quality care.”
MTX Contracts MD David Hartley commented: “We are delighted to have been again chosen by the Trust to build new healthcare facilities employing MMC to deliver the project faster, greener, safer and more cost effectively than traditional construction methods. That ensures patients and staff get the earliest benefit from the new high quality and fully compliant facilities.”