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ALTNAGELVINHOSPITAL, NORTHWING
AN AGAINST THE CLOCK CONSTRUCTION OF THREE WARDS AT ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL CHALLENGES DUNMURRY COMPANY TO DELIVER WHEN IT MATTERS MOST... FARRANS FAST-TRACK COVID-19 FACILITY
Q uick-thinking helped ensure the fast-tracking of Altnagelvin Hospital’s new inpatient wards was a success. After all, there’s no real point of reference for when a global pandemic strikes and you’re being asked to suspend work, shift operations to another part of the building and rapidly construct three fully functional Covid-19 wards. Also tested to the full was professionalism, flexibility and ability to deliver under pressure. When Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s lockdown announcement set the wheels in motion, the request to shift course at the Altnagelvin Hospital came soon after.
“We completed Phase I of the North Wing Development at the beginning of last year,” said David Bolton, Farrans Project Manager. “Phase II was largely enabling work for Phase III, and when the request came in, we were working on the main entrance and Wards 21, 23 and 25 with a June 8 handover.” With a rapidly- changing situation throughout the UK at the end of March, the site team were conscious of the impact on the construction sector. “We had all been following what was happening in the news and knew we had to be prepared for the impact, particularly when you saw the effect
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