NG Bailey has completed its specialist role in the creation of two new operating theatres at one of Scotland’s major hospitals.
The new £4 m facilities at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary – equipped with the latest ‘keyhole’ surgery technology – were developed to generate extra capacity for the NHS to treat more patients, more quickly.
As part of its £1.9 m contract, the company’s Engineering and IT services teams worked in partnership to design, install, test, and commission, all the theatres’ mechanical, electrical, ICT and public health services.
Subject to Scottish Government approval, the theatres will house one of Scotland’s first robotic surgical facilities. The equipment will particularly benefit patients with prostate, colorectal, and gynaecological cancers and non-malignant conditions, but also has the potential to be used in other specialties, such as cardiac and paediatric surgery.
The theatres’ handover comes just months after The Queen opened a flagship £110 m emergency care centre – able to treat 70,000 people annually – at the ARI. NG Bailey was also instrumental there, designing, installing, and commissioning, the mechanical and electrical and ICT services in a £26.5 m contract for Robertson Construction Group, also main contractor for the theatre development. The company harnessed its offsite manufacturing division’s skills to develop 200 bespoke multi-service corridor modules – reportedly the UK health sector’s first, ten M&E risers, and rooftop and basement plant modules.
