Portakabin Hire has delivered a complex interim health building for emergency care in just six weeks – two weeks ahead of programme – to reduce the pressure on the Accident and Emergency Department at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The new Surgical Clinical Decisions Unit (SCDU), built for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, provides 24 beds in two wards, and ancillary facilities including dirty and clean utilities, a nurses’ base, consulting rooms, and two en suite isolation rooms, to allow patients arriving at A&E to be treated more quickly. It will remain in use for around five years. The principal contractor is Lend Lease Project Management and Construction. Other features installed by Portakabin in the new unit include a nurse call system, fire alarms, medical gases, bedhead trunking, and access control. Linked to the hospital’s existing building, the unit features full climate control and an air change ventilation system.
Kevin Gosney, assistant project manager at Lend Lease, said: “The culture of the whole Portakabin team was second to none. All the internal fitting out was completed by Portakabin, which improved co-ordination and reduced programme time.”
