Professional Team at Harrogate Hospital

The team who are delivering the newest emergency Nightingale Hospital at Harrogate Hospital have been announced.

The new 500 bed facility, which is part of the Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, involves the conversion of Harrogate’s Convention Centre in order to accommodate the three level critical care beds in the existing Convention Centre’s halls for the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

BAM Construction, who are ranked independently as Yorkshire’s largest contractor, has been appointed as the main design and build contractor under the UK Government’s ProCure 22 framework for England, with the assistance of BAM Design, appointed to deliver structural engineers, and BAM’s specialist services engineering business.

The lead architect is BDP, who have worked on the emergency facility at the Excel Centre in London, with Silcock Leedham providing services engineering, and Arcadis LLP providing project management and quantity surveying services.

Pre-Construction Director at BAM Construction in the North East, Paul Cleminson said: “We have mobilised immediately with a team which is working 24 hours in shifts around the clock, following Government guidance about safe working and delivering these emergency facilities to assist the effort to support our NHS. We’re very proud to be involved.

“I’m delighted to say we have first rate partners, and that our extensive and recent experience of healthcare projects in the North of England will serve us well, having worked several times with Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust over the years.

“Over our distinguished history of service to the UK, BAM has probably built more healthcare schemes than anybody; in excess of 400. We even built emergency hospitals during both World Wars. So, we feel a sense of poignancy to be doing this now.

“I think it also shows what a fantastic tool the P22 route has proven to be for major healthcare schemes that can adapt to deliver so quickly in such situations.”

BAM and their team are converting eight halls in order to create suitable partitions, flooring and the specialist mechanical and electrical zones ad installations which are essential to the new emergency hospital. The team are working 24/7 in shift patterns, as well as working closely with medical staff and the Army. Following on from the completion of works, BAM’s facilities management business will help maintain the facility to provide support and continuity.

BAM expect to the have the hospital up and ready for use by next weekend, with all construction taking no longer than 14 days.

Elsewhere, BAM teams are also working onsite at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust providing the NHS with critical construction works for new and upgraded facilities.

At Worcester BAM is delivering a major ward refurbishment project, the last phased of 23 beds is due to complete in May. In addition, we are also providing a new oxygen cylinder compound with completion to coincide with the opening of the final ward at the end of May.

And at Southampton BAM is providing a new 22 bed general intensive care unit which is due to be completed in September.

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