12th May 2010 – Alder Hey Children's Hospital Chooses Recycled Modular Buildings for Three New Schemes

Working closely with main contractor G&J Seddon, Foremans has provided an office building for the hospital’s surgical division. The modular approach allowed this scheme to be sited on a steel gantry above a traditionally-built administration block, so the Trust could expand the office accommodation despite the constraints of this busy hospital site.

Foremans’ latest project is a three-storey, 24-module multi-purpose building. This provides a new main entrance for the hospital’s busiest outpatients department, public facilities, a clinical area, and administrative offices for both the orthopaedics department and the medical division. This created additional space for consultations in the decanted areas.

In just four months from receipt of order, Foremans also completed a two-storey facility for the project team managing the £175m redevelopment of the hospital.

The buildings could be in use for up to ten years until the new state- of-the-art Alder Hey Children’s Health Park is completed.

Commenting on the three projects, John Williams, Capital Projects Manager at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, said, “The Foremans approach achieves the balance between quality and value. The quality is as good as new manufacture, both internally and externally – but the recycling and refurbishment of building modules is far more cost-effective and sustainable given the strategic direction of the Trust.”                      

“Foremans performed well on each project, delivering all three schemes on time and on budget. We would definitely recommend the approach to other healthcare providers.”

The use of pre-owned modular buildings continues to increase as more clients and contractors recognise the cost, speed, sustainability and quality benefits of this innovative accommodation solution.

Once a modular building has been identified for use, it is reconfigured and completely refurbished to individual project requirements. The building is then delivered to site where it is craned into position in just a few days, ready for final fitting out, testing and commissioning.

This can reduce programme times by up to 70 per cent for earlier occupation, and because work off site is maximised, the approach is ideal for constrained sites or where disruption would be an issue during construction.

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