Gleeds has been named project manager for the ‘billion-pound redevelopment’ of Airedale General Hospital in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on behalf of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
The award-winning Trust employs over 3,000 people, and provides acute, elective, specialist. and community care for a population of over 200,000 across Yorkshire and East Lancashire. Gleeds will be responsible for delivering a new ‘state-of-the-art’ facility and associated amenities that it says will meet evolving patient needs under the government’s New Hospital Programme (NHP).
The consultancy will work closely with the team from the Trust, alongside representatives from the NHP, an architect-led design team, and contractors, to design and construct a modern, more sustainable hospital on the existing site. The new-build will replace the current hospital. which was constructed of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), with the project harnessing digital technologies, Modern Methods of Construction, and Design for Manufacture and Assembly.
Alastair Stewart, the Trust’s Programme Director, said: "We are delighted to have Gleeds onboard as our project manager partner for our Securing the Future programme. Securing the Future represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art Airedale General Hospital that our patients, staff, and community, deserve.”
Gleeds’ director responsible for the project, John Walker, added: “Airedale NHS Foundation Trust does incredible work, and this ambitious scheme represents an opportunity to further transform the health offer for patients in the long term, improving care, and ensuring that its facilities are future-proofed. As someone who lives locally, having the opportunity to secure the future of Airedale Hospital is a real privilege, and I look forward to collaborating with the Project team as we get works underway.”
