Warden wins Chorley hospital contract

Preston-based Warden Construction has won a contract to build a day case hospital in Chorley.South Ribble Borough Council granted planning permission for the new £8m facility earlier this year. Warden Construction starts in site in July on a 12-month build programme on behalf of WW Medical Facilities and its client Ramsay Health Care UK,The hospital will include two theatres, first and second stage recovery bays, a diagnostics suite including a static MRI scanner, outpatient and physiotherapy departments. There will be parking space for 80 cars and eight electric car charging stations.Warden Construction has started detailed design on the prime 80,000 sq ft plot on Matrix Park, in Buckshaw Village, Chorley. The 24,000 sq ft steel-framed building is largely single storey and will be clad in a mix of traditional brick with an aluminium clad feature entrance.The project team consists of Identity Consult acting as employer’s agent with Warden Construction’s design and construct team consisting of P+HS Architects, WML Consulting, JRB Environmental, supported by approved building inspector Ball & Berry and planning consultant ELG Planning.