Architects asked to rework Essex hospital scheme to include more MMC

在政府的40所医院重建项目中，建筑师被要求重新设计，在建筑中融入更多的“现代方法”(MMC)。

The Princess Alexandra in Harlow, Essex, is one of six hospitals that was awarded a share of £2.7bn in November 2019 as part of the decade-long initiative.

总部位于chorley的Gilling Dod建筑事务所是该项目的主要建筑师，丹麦的CF Moller事务所去年与原始团队合作，“作为第二眼和关键的朋友”。

该医院表示，他们正在对设计进行全面检查，以确保尽可能多地使用MMC。

The new hospital is set to be built on a greenfield site near junction 7a of the new M11, about three miles east of its existing home in the centre of Harlow. It will dovetail with plans for thousands of new homes in the area as part of the Harlow Gilston Garden Town project.

At its most recent meeting last month, the board of the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust said: “The architects have been working with technical advisors to redesign the building to ensure that we maximise the benefits of MMC.”

Bryden Wood is the technical advisor on the project.

The board papers also revealed the trust had been working closely with local planners to ”ensure it meets the stringent design requirements” of the planned garden town development.

”We are confident that this design will not only reduce construction time but will reduce cost of delivery and support the national programme’s drive for repeatability across the wider HIP [health infrastructure plan] programme,” the papers said.

Repeatability and MMC, along with net zero, are the government’s touchstones for the 40 hospitals, which it has confirmed it will build as a single programme.

The trust said the changes meant the design will not now be completed until the end of May.