Posted on July 15, 2021
Mott MacDonald, Arup and Arcadis have won places on the new £600m Leeds hospital programme.
Architecture practice BDP has been named as preferred bidder to lead the design of the redevelopment programme, which aims to transform healthcare facilities for patients and staff in Leeds and the wider region.
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust appointed WSP as its civil and structural designer to work on the project, along with Arup as the client civil and structural technical advisor. WSP has also been appointed as the mechanical and electrical designer, and will provide specialist net zero, sustainability and digital design advice.
Mott MacDonald has been appointed as the mechanical and electrical technical adviser, also providing sustainability and digital advice, with Arcadis appointed as cost manager on the project. MJ Medical have been brought in as medical equipment advisers.
The programme will include a new state-of-the-art adults’ hospital and a new home for Leeds Children’s Hospital, providing facilities for children, maternity and ambulatory care at the current Leeds General Infirmary site.
Digital design and modern methods of construction, including significant integration of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) techniques, will be used on the scheme.
BDP’s first design concepts propose a circular hospital structure that is shaped like the contours of the Yorkshire fells and dales, with a large island garden and play deck at its centre. Outdoor space and play areas were some of the facilities that children and young patients suggested in a design competition held last year, which have inspired the architects with their latest concept.
Early design documents released last year put the project’s scheduled construction start date in 2023 with the main hospital set to be finished in 2026.
