Construction milestone marked at St Catherine’s
is seen as a moment to thank the workforce, bring together everyone involved in the project and celebrate progress.
It also provided the last opportunity to get a birdseye view of the site, before the scaffolding starts coming down.
To mark the occasion, St Catherine’s vice president Andrew Wates OBE and Bill Mackie, both members of the hospice’s new build project board, joined joint managing director of Barnes Construction, Mark Hart, on the roof of the new hospice building, to lay the last roof tile.
Paul Rycroft, St Catherine’s new build director, said: “We are delighted that works have progressed on schedule, and it’s been incredible to see how the structure has evolved over the last 11 months from a dirt plot, to what we see here today – the complete shell of a hospice building; a hospice that will provide us with the space to develop essential services and respond to increasing need for end of life care and support to terminally ill people and their families across West Sussex and East Surrey.”
The project is being managed by Barnes Construction which over its 45-year history, has delivered numerous healthcare schemes.
Mark Hart said: “The construction team, which includes LSI Architects, Faithful+gould,northmores, Conisbee and David Bedwell & Partners, have all been working really hard to keep the work on schedule, so today was a great opportunity to thank them.
"With just nine months to go until the hospice is handed over, we have much work still to do.
"Work will now continue in earnest on the internal fit out including partitions, M&E, plumbing, pipework, cabling and plastering.”