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PONTEFRACT HOSPITAL, WEST- YORKSHIRE

Pontefract Hospital, designed by Avanti Architects and built by Balfour Beatty is a model for a new type of community hospital that delivers a range of non-acute services for its local population. A two storey square courtyard building adjacent to the main entrance provides outpatient accommodation, while the taller L-shaped building provides the more heavily serviced and increasingly private zones. The two buildings are linked by a three storey atrium which provides public circulation and all public functions. The site’s topography allows entry to the building on separate levels, thus maximising functional separation of public, vehicular, servicing and clinical flows.

We were in charge of the temporary works and geotechnical advise. The key challenge here was a large sloping embankment to the North of the site, which had to be battered back to enable the construction to proceed, whilst maintaining structural stability to the existing buildings located at the top of the embankment. This also involved ground water management and monitoring throughout the contract.

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OTHER PROJECTS

Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s Salmon Production Facilities in Furnace

Food Industry

Atom Consultants project managed the extension of a salmon hatchery for Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd., a salmon farming company located in Furnace, a village in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland, on the north shore of Loch Fyne, the longest sea loch in the United Kingdom.

Pinderfields Hospital – Wakefield

Healthcare

The redevelopment of Pinderfields Hospital has been central to the reconfiguration of health services in the Wakefield area. The new construction involved 90,000m² of acute hospital space on a footprint of 22,000m², all on a brown field site.

Inverdee House, Aberdeen- Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Commercial

Inverdee House is an extensive project commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The building created a new office for SEPA and it’s laboratories and also for Scottish Natural Heritage and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The intention in the design of this building was to reduce the impact on the environment through best practices of sustainable design and construction methods. The resulting building achieved a BREEAM excellent rating and an EPC A rating.