Interserve has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a new armed forces rehabilitation centre located near Loughborough…
A £200m Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre located near Loughborough will be constructed by Interserve after the company beat off competition to win the project.
It will comprise of a new 380,000 sq ft specialist clinical facility and will include extensive landscaping work to the grounds. The Grade II listed Stanford Hall will also be refurbished as part of the project.
The centre will provide treatment for injured service personnel, giving injured individuals access to on site diagnosis and treatments. It will also provide outdoor facilities aimed at helping with the early stages of rehabilitation.
A Complex Trauma Unit will be used to rehabilitate the most seriously injured and will comprise of 80 beds, a gymnasium, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy pool, and advanced prosthetic workshops.
There will also be a Neurological Centre with 20 beds, as well as a gymnasium, physiotherapy, and vocational therapy.
Interserve, who beat rival construction company Laing O’Rourke to gain the contract, has experience with this type of project. The firm previously constructed a smaller rehabilitation centre in Plymouth for the Help for Heroes charity.
Chief Executive of Interserve, Adrian Ringrose, said: “We are very proud to have been chosen to build this state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility, which will ensure that our injured service-men and -women continue to receive the very best in medical care and that the UK remains at the forefront of advances in rehabilitation medicine.”
The centre, which will replace Headley Court in Surrey, will be four times the size of that facility. It will also provide rehabilitation for the wider general public once it is up and running.
Work is expected to start in the mid-summer, with the facility due to open in 2018. The centre, which was designed by John Simpson Architects, will be funded by donors led by the Duke of Westminster. The Duke bought the stately home site in 2011.
