HEALTHCARE
New South Glasgow, Hospitals Project
OVERVIEW
IDENTIAL
HEALTHCARE
COMMERCIAL
MIXED USE
Architect: IBI Group
Scotland’s Super Hospital. The publicly funded project is the largest design and construction project in Scotland, intended to centralise services provided by three different hospitals. The new complex is set to comfortably hold 10,000 staff and patients onsite and be home to one of the biggest emergency departments in the country.
Client: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Engineer: WSP Main Contractor: Brookfield Multiplex Installer / EOS Client: Prater Steel Framing System Supplier: EOS Materials / Type of System: SFS backing wall system
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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Built on the site of the old Southern General Hospital, the 14-storey Critical Care Complex was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. It includes new teaching and learning facilities, as well as 25,000 m2 of laboratory space. The project also contains the New Glasgow University Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, which are equipped with 1,109 and 256 beds respectively. Promoting a therapeutic and healing patient environment was essential in the design, and therefore all of the adult rooms feature large windows with views outside. The designs of the children’s hospital also include a roof garden with access for beds to be brought outside. Another key feature of the design and construction is the new ‘Arrival Square’ - a space connecting to both the main entrances of the adult and children’s hospital and including a transport interchange.
