Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road, London
Project Details
The overall project is multi-phased and involves the internal modelling and reorganisation of various clinical departments within the existing Chelsea & Westminster Hospital complex at 369 Fulham Road, London. This includes a Children’s Burns Unit, New Diagnostic Centre, Children’s Medical and Surgical Wards, Adolescent Ward, Children’s Outpatients, Gynaecology unit, Medi-Cinema and a Phlebotomy Unit.
The works principally comprise of full or partial strip out of partitions, floors, walls and ceiling finishing’s; full or partial strip out of mechanical, electrical and building services installations; the construction of dry lined partitioning, flooring, partitions and ceiling finishes, high class joinery, sanitary fittings, mechanical & electrical building services including medical gases, fittings and fixtures and above ground drainage. Construction works are undertaken within self-contained areas with due consideration being given to the sensitive needs of a fully functioning Hospital remaining fully operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Key challenges:
- Minimising Construction Impact and disruption, with a fully operational hospital
- Managing logistics re: access/egress, material handling, storage & fire management
- Zero defects at completion
How these were delivered:
- Working together as a team within a shared office
- Effective communication with client, team and clinical staff
- Collaborative approach to Value Engineering
- Strict Project Controls e.g. change management
- Pre-planning, good communication
- Rigorous Quality Assurance measures
Lessons Learnt
The Good
- Delivery of a Good Quality end product
- Client liaison & collaborative working
- Minimum Construction Impact
The Bad
- Number of design changes due to clinical requirements and discovery
- Design co-ordination with existing services/structure, demonstrated the need for far more intrusive investigations which have been difficult to achieve due to operational needs of the hospital
- Challenging Cost Plan, but adequate allowances were made to meet target
Save / IESE Benefits & How:
- Early advice from specialists on product selection (OWA ceilings)
- Reduced price on specialist plant, due to SAVE rebate
- Two stage collaborative approach, allowed main contractor advice to develop project phasing and logistics that ensured reduction in tender rates and preliminaries
- Value engineering carried out in an open and transparent manner
Contract | Gateway 2 Planning | Gateway 3 Contract Agreement | Variation |
Cost | £9.3m | ||
Time | 21 months |
KPI Graphs
Apprentices 6 no.
Average AIR 0 target
Average CCS score 35.5
Waste diverted from landfill 265.4 tonnes
Contacts:
Mace
Nick Abbey Framework Director
nick.abbey@macegroup.com
Roy Conway Project Manager
roy.conway@macegroup.com