The Requirement

Since closure of the health centre in Cottingham following the major floods in 2007, health services had to be temporarily provided at other locations in the area.

A new centre was required to bring a range of community services under one roof again, including podiatry; consultation, examination and treatment facilities; hearing aid services; child health clinics, and community dental services.

The Solution

The clinic was constructed using a highly sustainable recycled modular building from Foremans.

Designed by architects Gelder and Kitchen, the new purpose-designed centre was craned into position in just eight hours over a weekend. The single storey building was clad in brickwork to complement its location in the historic village of Cottingham - a conservation area.

Comments from the Client Team

Stephen Dale, Capital Projects Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust:

"This is a fantastic building, delivered on time, cost and quality. Foremans' performance was excellent throughout and the construction and fitting out phases went very smoothly. We had a good relationship with their team, who were happy to go the extra mile to meet our specific requirements."

"Speed of delivery was important to enable us to re-provide clinical services locally as quickly as possible. The use of a recycled building structure also made our budgets go further, providing excellent value, as well as having a number of strong environmental benefits." 

Henry Chadwick, Partner, Gelder and Kitchen Architects:

"We are impressed with the finish and the space the modular approach has created internally. It is spacious and open. You would never know this was a modular building - or indeed a recycled building."

"The installation was very professional and efficient and the finished scheme sits well in its landscape. This is a really good building, successfully delivered to a tight budget."

The Foremans Approach

All Foremans' recycled modular buildings are fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, M&E services, doors, flooring, and cladding, to create high quality accommodation for a wide variety of permanent and interim applications.

The recycling and refurbishment of relocatable buildings is also highly sustainable, helping to improve a building's carbon footprint:

• The approach produces less than 10 per cent of the carbon emissions compared to a newly manufactured building (source MPBA).

• Because much of the refurbishment work takes place off site, the approach generates fewer vehicle movements to site than traditional building methods, reducing congestion and carbon emissions.

• By refurbishing the building modules and preserving the embodied energy of the steel structure, Foremans is extending the life of the building and minimising the volume of waste sent to landfill.