Health

The hospitals of the capital are changing HEALTH

A whole series of new hospital projects are underway in the Capital Region, and MOE is participating in several projects in different roles.

Children’s Hospital Copenhagen is the name of the new addition to Copenhagen University Hospital. The 60,000 m² building will provide far better conditions for children, adolescents, pregnant women and their families. Children’s Hospital Copenhagen will also be an innovative R&D and teaching hospital that will be setting completely new treatment standards.

In a typical hospital, the wards are divided by specialities. At Children’s Hospital Copenhagen the needs of the individual patient groups will be the guiding factor for the layout of the building. As the vision states: We will let the specialists come to the patient instead of the other way around.

Recently, MOE and Erik Architects became client consultant for the project.

We are making use of our multidisciplinarity in the project review. Having access to a broad spectrum of competencies is a great advantage in general. In complex construction projects, one cannot always foresee what needs will arise, and this is just one of the aspects where flexibility becomes a core value for the client consultant.

Poul Henning Hansen Senior project Director Client Consultancy Copenhagen

MOE is concurrently providing client consultancy for the New Mental Health Bispebjerg project, which will create an optimal framework for a more coherent course of treatment, with focus on the patient, in the same manner as the Children’s Hospital Copenhagen.

Construction Management and Health & Safety In Roskilde, the New Forensic Psychiatry Centre – Sct. Hans is taking shape. The new physical framework will meet the need for additional beds and forms of therapy that will prepare the patients for life outside an institution. The building will therefore be constructed with staggered levels, giving patients a view of the beautiful surroundings, while the rooms will be grouped around green courtyards.

MOE is strong represented on site as both construction manager and health and safety coordinator. The building is being constructed by means of individual trade contracts, and this requires precise coordination and solid management. Some planning is made digitally, but the construction management team also meets every week with all the contractors. The form of contract also places corresponding demands on the health and safety coordinator. With individual trade contracts, we coordinate all health and safety aspects to a greater degree, and there are many different parties involved. At the same time, the construction process is characterised by the fact that many trades work simultaneously, and several of them require the implementation of various measures. This requires careful preparation of the work processes and continuous follow-up.

The site itself is interesting since it is on a slope of approximately 12 meters. In combination with the building's staggered levels, this helps give patients an unobstructed view of the surroundings. We must therefore think more in three dimensions when we lay out the construction site, and ensure proper access and transport routes for both personnel and materials.

Katja Jungfalk Andersen Head of Department Health & Safety Copenhagen