UK-based construction company Morgan Sindall Construction has secured a £19m ($26m) contract to carry out expansion and improvement of the emergency department at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
The main contractor for the project was selected by Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust through the Southern Construction Framework, which is operated by Hampshire and Devon County councils.
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Plans were submitted last year to expand the hospital’s A&E and provide modern healthcare facility for the people of East Devon.
The expansion and improvement works will proceed in phases to ensure operations of the hospital are get disrupted.
The extension will see a three-storey development located adjacent to the current building on Barrack Road.
The 3,500m2 building will enable the hospital to expand its clinical services. The facility will feature eight new resuscitation bays that will be served by a new plant room, a specialist children’s emergency department with paediatric bays, and a separate reception area with a larger waiting area.
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By GlobalDataThe existing fracture clinic will be relocated from the main building, and will be replaced by an operating theatre.
Specialist bereavement suite, five additional ambulance bays outside are also part of the plans.
In addition to emergency department, Morgan has been selected to deliver a new four-storey building to house a new £4m ICU plant room, which will be a steel-framed building to hold equipment including chillers and air handling units for heating and ventilation.
Morgan Sindall Construction area director Brian Rice said: “We are very proud to be delivering this key project for Royal Devon and Exeter Foundations NHS Trust. The expansion will add vital extra emergency capacity to a hospital which so many communities in the region depend on.”
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Morgan Sindall Construction has been awarded contract for extension and improvement works at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. (Credit: Morgan Sindall Construction)
