Tribal’s architectural practice, Nightingale Associates, has worked with the multi-disciplinary consulting, support and delivery services organisation’s health planners to win the first contract tendered in Scotland under the NHS procurement initiative, Frameworks Scotland, with principal supply chain partner BAM Construction.
The £120 m redevelopment of the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (see photo of existing buildings), commissioned by NHS Dumfries and Galloway will, Nightingale says, be Scotland’s first to feature 100% single bedroom accommodation. The Scottish Government-funded development will include a new 200-bed ward block and modern ambulatory care and outpatient facilities, plus improved intensive care, emergency care and support accommodation. Nightingale Associates will also work on the interior design and landscaping, while Tribal’s health planners will collaborate with clinicians to finalise the clinical brief and project scope, support stakeholder engagement in the design process, and deliver a successful business case. The design process has begun, and is expected to be completed in March 2010. Construction is due to begin on-site in April 2010, with completion anticipated for April 2013. Tribal and Nightingale Associates’ recent appointment onto Frameworks Scotland now means they are appointed on all three UK NHS health procurement frameworks, including ProCure21 in England, and Designed for Life in Wales. The same is true of BAM Construction, reportedly the UK’s only construction company to achieve the milestone to date.
