PROJECT
NIGHTINGALEFACILITY,WHITEABBEYHOSPITAL
A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH PROVES IDEAL FOR RAPID STRIP-OUT AND REFURB OF LANDMARK HOSPITAL PROJECT... DOWDSFASTTRACKNIGHTINGALEHOSPITAL
W hen the CPD identified second Nightingale Hospital they went direct to Dowds Group to deliver the main construction package. Nicholas McKee, Construction Manager explains, “We were already on-site at Whiteabbey Hospital as the site for Northern Ireland’s
Whiteabby Hospital and performing very well, so it made sense that as a build and M&E contractor we were further employed to complete the Nightingale wards.” At the start of September 2020, CPD engaged with the design team and Dowds to discuss the fast track delivery
of the Nightingale project to the people of Northern Ireland. By the end of the month, construction work had begun in earnest and the three Nightingale wards were handed over on December 4. “The works necessitated completion to an exceptionally high quality on a live hospital site and one of the tightest build programmes we have faced,” said Nick. “It was almost a design and build as we went along, meeting with the design team two to three times a week just to keep up with the speed of the project. It was a very unusual way of building anything. “We were stripping out the existing fabric and services at the same time as the design team were designing the new layout, so we were working very much hand in glove.” With its dedicated build, mechanical, electrical and ventilation divisions, Dowds had all the specialists provision in-house
“Theworks necessitated completion to an exceptionally high quality on a live hospital site.”
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