Records centre at Broomfield completed

The design of the 305 m2 new building had to adhere to several conditions set within the planning permission. Brick facing and tiles on the pitched roof, together with all the doors, windows and fascias had to match those of the traditionally built Linden Mental Health Centre to which the new building is linked. It was also specified that the bottom of the fascia boards should be no more than 200 mm above the fascias of the Linden building.

These planning consent restrictions meant that each modular unit had to be custom built and the pitched roof constructed on site to ensure that height restraints were not compromised.

In addition, the floor of the new building was strengthened to 10 KN/n2 in places to take the weight of the special racking system in which the hospital’s medical case records are stored.