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Broomfield Hospital reaches structural completion

The ceremony was attended by members of the Mid Essex Hospital Trust including Chairman Mike Malone-Lee and Chief Executive Ruth May, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Essex Lord Petre DL, Conservative MP for West Chelmsford Simon Burns, Conservative MP for Maldon and East Chelmsford John Whiitingdale, the Mayor of Chelmsford Cllr Tom Willis and construction staff working on the building.

The topping out ceremony marks the completion of the structural frame of the new Broomfield Hospital – just 16 months after work began on site. The new PFI hospital wing at Broomfield will mean that all of the Trust’s acute services will be centralised within the Broomfield Hospital site. Completion of this project will create a single acute hospital site in Mid Essex, providing first class facilities for the local population.

The project comprises a new 43,000m² acute building complete with infrastructure and landscaping and associated parking provisions and will connect to the existing facility via a new atrium space and entrance foyer.

 

This new facility will be complete by August 2010 and will provide;

·        more than 330 beds

·        five day case operating theatres and three endoscopy rooms

·        an A&E department

·        a maternity department with two operating theatres

·        a neonatal intensive care unit

·        a rooftop helipad.

 

The existing hospital will remain in use throughout the construction period, with landscaping, road improvements and other external works being completed in 2011.

Ruth May, Chief Executive of the Mid Essex Hospital Trust, said:

 “It’s a delight and an honour to be here today to celebrate the structural completion of our new hospital wing. It is wonderful to see the building come out of the ground and to know that we will have a new hospital in which to treat our patients in just over one year’s time. I would like to thank all of my colleagues who have been involved in this project for all of their hard work and dedication in making this happen, especially David Bullock – the former chairman and Andrew Pike - the former chief executive who were responsible for driving this project forward.”

 

Lionel Christolomme, Managing Director of Bouygues UK, said:

 

“Achieving structural completion in such a short space of time is the result of a fantastic team effort and I would like to thank everyone who has helped us to reach this important stage of the hospital’s development including the Trust and our partners on the project (Ecovert FM, HSBC), our site team and subcontractors, the local community and the wider stakeholder community.

 

“Team work is integral to the success of this project and I have no doubt that the excellent working relationships we have on the project will be sustained throughout the remaining 15 months of construction and beyond, when we will hand over a fantastic new hospital to raise the level of future care for Chelmsford and Essex.”  

Picture shows (from left to right): Back row - Jean-Pierre Bousquet (Bouygues UK), Mike Malone Lee (Mid Essex Hospital Trust Chairman), Conservative MP for West Chelmsford Simon Burns, Conservative MP for Maldon and East Chelmsford John Whittingdale, Lord Petre (Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Bouygues UK MD Lionel Christolomme.

Front Row (from left to right): Mayor of Chelmsford Tom Willis and Mid Essex Hospital Trust CEO Ruth May