The Requirement

The Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth – the third largest independent hospital in the UK – required a new building to house specialist medical facilities during an £11m development project to extend the hospital’s services.

The Solution

Foremans completed construction of the new two-storey scheme two weeks ahead of schedule. It accommodates fully air conditioned offices, consulting rooms, a medical examination room and a pressure chamber for treating patients with complex tissue disorders, carbon monoxide poisoning and diving injuries – one of only two in the London area.

Three of the steel-framed building modules were reconfigured to incorporate a concrete floor to support the weight of the 5 tonne hyperbaric chamber and the end wall was designed to be demountable to allow for its installation. The chamber was successfully relocated to the new building with a planned downtime of only 24 hours to minimise disruption to patient care.

The facility comprises 36 modules, which were fitted out off-site at Foremans’ production centre in East Yorkshire. The cranage programme was carefully planned to meet the restrictions associated with a central London site.

Comments from the Client

Claire Hornick, Director of Operations, Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth:

"We are delighted with the new building and with Foremans’ seamless and professional delivery. They have provided us with a high quality, purpose-designed facility, which exactly meets our needs and budget. And they delivered it with minimal disruption two weeks ahead of our original programme."