Location: Castle Hill Hospital

Client:  Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Value: £2.4m

Timeframe: 6 weeks

To strip out existing modular bathrooms and refit with new bespoke designed bathrooms in accordance with HBN 1 and 10 - sanitary assemblies, across Ward 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and High Dependency Unit at the Queens Centre, Castle Hill Hospital.

The bathroom replacements had a very specific delivery timeframe due to lack of hospital space and the need to have the facilities back in use. To minimise dust and debris spreading beyond the work area, Helix provided air tight enclosures, and removed dust through extraction units, ensuring full site segregation to seal off the area. Helix successfully delivered the project and each individual unit to the specified timeframe or ahead of schedule.

Using thermal modelling software we ensured all bathroom installations were thermally efficient and in-line with the thermal levels of the overall building. Using four en-suite scenarios to complete the modelling process and identify any potential heat loss before work started. Through planning and thermal modelling the team were able to increase thermal efficiency by 10%.

• Screened off working areas in accordance with agreed methods of working with infection control, dust, debris extraction and waste removal

• Isolation and reinstatement of Medgas

• Access for materials and waste via segregated area to avoid disruption to the live hospital

• Bathroom area stripped out and the existing modular bathroom was unit was removed

• New moisture resistant stud partitioning installed to form rooms

• New bespoke designed IPS sanitaryware installed, also allowing access to services and voids

• For ceiling installations, moisture resistant, clipped, lay-in-grid ceilings installed and concrete flooring laid with non-slip vinyl flooring to prevent patient falls

• Mechanical and electrical installations also completed as part of works