David Hartley, the managing director of MTX, highlights the importance of ensuring that modular buildings have fully compliant ventilation systems that do more than just meet minimum standards.
David Hartley, managing director of MTX, a specialist healthcare construction company that provides design, construction, funding, and aftercare services for MMC healthcare projects throughout the UK, highlights the importance of ensuring that modular buildings have fully compliant ventilation systems, an imperative put into even sharper focus given recent evidence of airborne transmission of the COVID-19 virus, and the potential impact of well-considered engineering interventions in preventing its spread in indoor environments.
The availability of high quality modular buildings has been a huge advantage for hospitals and NHS Trusts faced – especially in recent years – with an urgent need for additional facilities, and increased pressure on funding. Rapidly deployed modular buildings can offer a design life of up to 60 years, but can be delivered in a fraction of the time taken for conventional build methods, making them an attractive option. However, there is a concern that the drive to get the best value is often driven simply by the lowest price or fastest turnround, without taking into account vital requirements for patient care, and in particular infection control. One area of primary concern is ensuring appropriate ventilation of modular buildings that complies with the highest standards, and not simply meeting the minimum requirements within guidance documents.
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