Firm wins £6m trust car park contract
A CONTRACTOR has been brought in to build a huge multi-storey car park at Burton’s Queen’s Hospital.
Morgan Sindall Construction has won the £6.4m contract awarded by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Belvedere Road facility.
The trust’s new car park will be part of a wider plan to transform and upgrade the Burton site in a boost for visitors and patients.
Spanning three-storeys, it will go up behind the treatment centre and boast 425 spaces, as well as electric charging points.
Enabling works began in March. The main construction contract started recently and will be completed early next year.
Morgan Sindall is set to further boost the hospital’s environmental credentials, as it strives to help the Government hit its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, by using sustainable building methods.
They include using ground granulated blast-furnace slag in the car park’s concrete foundations, which is produced using less energy than traditional materials.
New hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) bio-diesel will fuel construction machines instead of red diesel, cutting carbon emissions by 90 per cent.
Equipment stopping silt entering drains will also be employed.
Richard Fielding, area director at Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Building a new multi-storey car park in a tight footprint, on a live hospital site, in under a year, is a challenging brief – but one we’re well placed to deliver.
“We’ll be working closely and collaboratively with the trust to ensure minimal disruption to the day-today operations of the hospital during the build process.
“Wherever possible we will also be sourcing materials locally and working with our skilled local supply chain.
“We’re very pleased to be delivering this project and look forward to handing over a finished car park early next year, which will improve the experience of patients and visitors.”
Gavin Boyle, chief executive at UHDB, said: “Part of our plans prior to the merger of the former Derby and Burton trusts was to improve the patient experience of those visiting Queen’s Hospital Burton.
“This development helps us to alleviate parking issues on and around the hospital. We’ve recently completed a £2 million upgrade of the emergency department and are currently working on expanding our critical care facilities.
“This comes in addition to the biggest capital development in well over a decade to the Queen’s Hospital site in the construction of the treatment centre, which is helping us to transform the care we’re able to offer our patients.”