Kier is set to deliver a £10.4m refurbishment project at Croydon University
Hospital.
Appointed by Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Kier will convert the
Jubilee South Wing’s ground floor into a new Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) and
relocate the hospital’s dedicated Stroke Unit to the Jubilee North Wing.
The project involves reconfiguring the ground floor into a 22-bed
state-of-the-art ITU with four isolation suites. This modification and
remodelling will enhance patient care by creating more bed spaces for the
seriously ill, improving natural light, incorporating new equipment and
providing enhanced facilities including en-suites, quiet rooms and waiting
areas to support families.
The works will be completed in a live hospital environment, with
neighbouring wards and surgical theatres continuing to run throughout the build
programme.
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The team will use sustainable methods of procurement with recycled materials
used where appropriate. Waste to landfill will be minimised through the use of
the SMARTwaste monitoring system and a take-back closed-loop recycling scheme
will be implemented where possible. Air source heat pumps will be installed to
heat and cool the space sustainably. The team will also support the local Croydon Commitment’s Ways
2 Work employability programme, helping local people back into work by
undertaking CV reviews and mock interview sessions.
David McKenzie, managing director at Kier Construction London, South and
Strategic Projects, said: “We’re pleased that we have been appointed by Croydon
Health Services NHS Trust to undertake this work and we bring with us extensive
experience and technical expertise in delivering healthcare facilities in live
environments. This new ITU will provide enhanced facilities and more beds for
those needing life-dependent care together with updated facilities to support
families of patients.”
Lee McPhail, Chief Operating Officer at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust,
said: “This multi-million-pound development will transform the care environment
in one of London’s biggest boroughs so that people with the most serious
injuries and illnesses can get life-dependent specialist care close to where
they live.
“Our intensive care team have been at the heart of our COVID-19 response,
and have continued to care for people in our community long before the pandemic
in a facility that was originally built more than four decades ago. Whilst the
Trust has made many improvements during this time, the new build will increase
the size of the unit by half and ensure that our community can get the highest
standards of care in a modern and comforting care environment that our patients
– and staff – deserve.
“The improvements to intensive care will also enable us to re-do and enhance
our facilities for stroke patients in hospital, which are situated right next
to the unit.”
This contract award reinforces Kier’s position as a leading provider of healthcare
facilities on behalf of NHS Trusts. It has recently completed the £98m
transformation programme at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot and the £28.5m new
imaging centre at Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea.
