MTX has won the contract for a new SSCU (surgical special care unit) modular extension to the Lyme Building at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, adding an additional 12 critical care beds.
The new facilities, incorporating 10 beds in an open plan area, a single critical care bedroom, and an isolation suite, will ultimately increase the hospital’s critical care capacity by over 20 per cent. MTX said: “We are working alongside Kier Northern to deliver a prestigious scheme offering full HTM and HBN compliance.”
MTX’s scope of works includes a ground floor with a 3,000 mm suspended ceiling height – described as ‘a revolutionary development in the modular build sector, given that all services are within an internal services void, and not installed on the roof’, full concrete floor, a first floor plant room, dedicated chiller and air- handling plant, IPS/UPS equipment, and specialist multi-movement medical gas pendants.
The building will be externally finished with a brickwork ground floor, matching the existing Lyme Building, and a Kingspan-clad first floor inclusive of a parapet wall detail, allowing permanent roof access for maintenance.
Work has already started on the 23-week project, with handover due next January.
