NG Bailey has completed work on a new £14m energy centre at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, marking what it dubs ‘a fundamental milestone in the site’s regeneration.
The new energy centre is a key part of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust’s investment plans and its ongoing Sustainability and Transformation Plan to provide capacity for future development on site; it had secured £25m to renew its ageing infrastructure. NTH Solutions – the Trust’s subsidiary and estates and facilities services provider – selected NG Bailey as principal contractor after a rigorous selection process.
Sitting within the busy existing hospital estate, the new energy centre houses a new primary intake substation, N+1 emergency generators, a CHP unit, three steam boilers producing 5,600 kg of steam per hour, new water storage tanks, oil storage tanks, and associated M&E infrastructure.
NG Bailey led on the superstructure and forming of the energy centre building, as well as two new reinforced-concrete below-ground walkways to link it to the existing hospital infrastructure. The engineering and services firm also upgraded the site’s electrical infrastructure, creating three new sub-stations, and replacing high voltage (HV) network cabling, and subsequently new low voltage electrical distribution, to re-feed the various switchboards and distribution panels. The project also included the provision of 250 kW of solar voltaic panels on the roof, which are anticipated to generate 5-10% of the hospital’s required electrical demand
To remove the most labour-intensive works from site, NG Bailey manufactured major elements of the internal services offsite at its specialist assembly facilities in Bradford, saving over 5,000 hours of onsite labour, and reducing health and safety risks.
Steven Taylor, assistant director of Estates and Capital at NTH Solutions, said: “We selected NG Bailey to work with us on this project because it has a keen appreciation for our values – putting patient experience and safety first. Together, we developed creative, flexible solutions that ensured continuity of service. I’d like to personally thank the team for going the extra mile when needed, and we look forward to working together in the future.”
The project in numbers:
- 35,000 tonnes of spoil earth removed.
- 2,500 m2 of concrete.
- 200 tonnes of equipment.
- 180 tonnes of steel structure.
- 12,000 meters of LV sub-mains.
- 68 planned shutdowns to transfer from the existing to the new supplies.
- 2 x 2500 kVA generators to provide N+1 emergency power, serving six new sub-stations via 1.4 kms of new 2,500 Amp busbar.
- 1 x 1750 kVA CHP unit.
- Three steam boilers, producing 5,600 kg of steam / hour.
- Installed water tanks storing 220,000 litres of water.
- Installed oil tanks storing 80,000 litres of oil
- Design team: P+HS Architects, RPS Structures, & MEP.
