HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY’s role in a modular design and build project at King’s College Hospital is nearing completion.
The Infill 4 project started as a single modular theatre, but Trust requirements changed and the scheme grew considerably. The finished building contains four storeys and incorporates two specialist liver theatres and first stage recovery (all with concrete floors), isolation rooms, single bed occupancy rooms and general ward areas for some 50 patients. All plant is housed externally on the roof behind plant screens or in rooftop plantrooms. With approximately 140 pre-serviced modules to deliver and erect on a very constrained site and hospital access required 24hrs a day, the project was a significant challenge. A design and construction programme of just 24 weeks, ensured that critical operational dates were met and disruption to the hospital kept to a minimum. Howorth, with its modular building partner, Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions, provided a full turnkey solution and worked closely with project architects, Architon. The scheme complies with all current HBN and HTM regulations and, with the inclusion of solar energy generation, energy efficient heating, lighting and air conditioning installations, combined with a high quality building structure, very efficient building insulation and structural air tightness, will achieve the highest possible BREEAM rating for a building of this type. Howorth was selected for the project due to its track record of providing fast track, high quality and cost-effective specialist modular facilities, specifically operating theatres.
