{"id":75499,"date":"2020-04-29T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T07:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=75499"},"modified":"2020-04-29T08:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T07:51:01","slug":"grange-university-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/grange-university-hospital\/75499\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3350m Grange University Hospital ready a year early"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/gb.gleeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gleeds<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> have completed works on several sections of the \u00a3350m Grange University Hospital in Gwent, allowing part of the hospital to open almost a year ahead of schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The Grange University Hospital in Gwent can now help <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wales.nhs.uk\/sitesplus\/866\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aneurin Bevan University Health Board\u2019s<\/a> (ABUHB) tackle Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Judith Paget, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, said: \u201cAt the beginning of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/covid-19-construction-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a> we needed to plan for the worst-case scenario.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank Laing O\u2019Rourke and Gleeds for the great amount of effort and skill they have shown to get these areas of the hospital ready for us to use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully the general public have observed the advice on staying at home and social distancing, so we don\u2019t need to open the extra beds just yet. I would urge people to keep following the government guidance to protect themselves, to ease the pressure on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/nhs-services-get-funding-boost-for-building-modernisation\/39933\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS services<\/a>, and to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With more than half of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Wales reportedly falling within the region, the completion of the hospital has been fast-tracked in order to make 384 new beds available to patients battling the disease if required.<\/p>\n<h3>Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p>Victoria Head, project director at Gleeds, commented: \u201cSince its inception the Grange University Hospital project has always had a true collaborative ethos at its heart \u2013 working together for a shared goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGleeds led the leadership team of Laing O\u2019Rourke and the health board in its commitment to supporting the health board during this national crisis and we\u2019ve stuck to that, proudly tackling every challenge to complete the hospital in record time by adopting a solution-based approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just four weeks after the health board asked the team to respond to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, on 27 April, it took possession of 50% of the space within the Grange University Hospital. With takeover of the majority of the ward blocks, the ground floor of the diagnostic &amp; treatment departments, including pathology, pharmacy, FM and mortuary, as well as car parking zones and plant areas, NHS staff now have the capacity to treat at least 350 patients, should it be required.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Lewis, Laing O\u2019Rourke project director, said: \u201cAneurin Bevan University Hospital Board had the foresight to ask us to bring our construction programme forward, creating 384 bed spaces as part of their preparations to tackle coronavirus in Wales. I am humbled by the tremendous effort shown by all in our project team and I thank them for their commitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur motivation to deliver key parts of The Grange for use a year ahead of schedule has been driven by our determination to provide vital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/modular-buildings-nhs\/73503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS facilities<\/a> and to support all those working in the NHS, to whom we owe so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project team reprioritised site activities, with a new commissioning strategy designed to allow for zonal access and reallocation of resources. The health board team was also able to work alongside the project team on a live site, fitting out the wards with beds and equipment. This collaborative approach condensed the commissioning and soft landings periods from twelve to four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Extensive resource planning was required, balancing the need to deliver a fast-track programme while ensuring the safety of the workforce, all of whom worked in line with government and health guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Head added: \u201cWith the best will in the world, fundamentally, had this been a traditional build with the same start date we would not have been in a position to offer support to this national pandemic and the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always been proud of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/tag\/modern-methods-of-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modern methods of construction<\/a> (MMC) involved at GUH and the programme savings which it offered compared to a traditional build but never have the benefits been more apparent than during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hospital is ready to operate as a fully functioning facility supporting the NHS and acute services in South East Wales as soon as the Covid-19 data suggests it would be necessary and helpful.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, using careful segregation fully endorsed by infection control, building control and fire officers, work will continue on the remainder of the Grange University Hospital with a view to formally completing the scheme in spring 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gleeds and Laing O\u2019Rourke have completed works on several sections of the \u00a3350m Grange University Hospital in Gwent, allowing part of the hospital to open almost a year ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[594,676,54592,432,579,996,665],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-design","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-health-safety","11":"tag-infrastructure","12":"tag-nhs","13":"tag-project-management"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a3350m Grange University Hospital ready a year early<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gleeds and Laing O\u2019Rourke have completed works on the \u00a3350m Grange University Hospital in Gwent, allowing part of the hospital to open a year early\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/grange-university-hospital\/75499\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a3350m Grange University Hospital ready a year early\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gleeds and Laing O\u2019Rourke have completed works on several sections of the \u00a3350m Grange University Hospital in Gwent, allowing part of the hospital to open almost a year ahead of schedule\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/grange-university-hospital\/75499\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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