{"id":96628,"date":"2021-07-22T08:52:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=96628"},"modified":"2021-07-22T08:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:52:25","slug":"hospital-expansion-contract-dorset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hospital-expansion-contract-dorset\/96628\/","title":{"rendered":"Willmott Dixon secures \u00a37.8m hospital expansion in Dorset"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Procured using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scape.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCAPE<\/a> framework, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.willmottdixon.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willmott Dixon<\/a> has been appointed to remodel and expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dchft.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorset County Hospital<\/a>\u2019s emergency department<\/h2>\n<p>The Dorset County contract involves two new extensions; one to create a new entrance and the other to expand the emergency department wards into the existing courtyard area.<\/p>\n<p>It will become the new home of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/immunity-transplantation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation<\/a> and one of the largest patient-focused immunology centres in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Willmott Dixon was contracted by health and care property developer Prime to build a seven-storey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/dorset-hospital-car-park-scheme\/87742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">654 space car park for patients<\/a>, visitors and staff spanning seven floors.<\/p>\n<h3>Maximising local community benefits<\/h3>\n<p>Mark Robinson, SCAPE group chief executive, said: \u201cWillmott Dixon has a proven track record in delivering high-quality healthcare facilities, and using the speed, certainty and embedded social value requirements of the SCAPE framework ensures the local community benefits are maximised at every stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy designing low-carbon solutions in from the beginning, the building will be highly sustainable and support our collective efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/industrial-decarbonisation-strategy\/90507\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">build back greener<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Poulter, managing director for Willmott Dixon\u2019s Central South region, added: \u201cWe are delighted to start our second project on the Dorchester site for Dorset Country Hospital, delivering a cutting-edge remodel and expansion of the existing emergency department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce complete, the facility will provide a platform for Dorset Country Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to continue delivering their outstanding service within the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability will be at the heart of the project, with the building being designed to the BREEAM \u2018Very Good\u2019 specification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procured using the SCAPE framework, Willmott Dixon has been appointed to remodel and expand Dorset Country Hospital\u2019s emergency department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[996,639,1009],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-96628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-nhs","8":"tag-procurement","9":"tag-willmott-dixon"},"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>Willmott Dixon secures \u00a37.8m hospital expansion in Dorset<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Procured using the SCAPE framework, Willmott Dixon has been appointed to remodel and expand Dorset County Hospital\u2019s emergency department\" \/>\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\/hospital-expansion-contract-dorset\/96628\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Willmott Dixon secures \u00a37.8m hospital expansion in Dorset\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Procured using the SCAPE framework, Willmott Dixon has been appointed to remodel and expand Dorset County Hospital\u2019s emergency department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hospital-expansion-contract-dorset\/96628\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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