MTX Contracts, a specialist contractor in the design and construction of modular buildings for the healthcare sector, has recently completed, together with ProCure21 principal supply chain partner Laing O’Rourke, the installation of a new four-storey orthopaedic and surgical facility for Stockport NHS Foundation Trust (see also pp 44-47).
The new 2,300 m2 facility opened its doors to patients on 2 February, after an extremely tight on-site schedule of just 27 weeks. The new facility, which incorporates two 16-bed wards and two state-of-the-art orthopaedic theatres, was built to help increase the efficiency of Stepping Hill Hospital’s orthopaedic treatment and surgery to meet Government-set waiting list times, and to centralise all the hospital’s inpatient facilities on a single floor. Off-site modular construction between all the parties involved, and the fast-tracking benefits of the ProCure21 framework, all played a big part in delivering the impressive new facility in the rapid completion timeframes required. Where other forms of fast-track construction techniques may equate to a compromise in quality, the latest generation of MTX modular buildings, while being up to 40% faster to build, are “virtually indistinguishable in appearance from a more conventionally built structure”. As Stockport NHS Foundation Trust key projects manager Alan Wilde commented: “We are delighted with the new unit, and with the excellent collaboration between all parties on a scheme completed within budget, within an extremely tight, but critical, timeframe.” MTX Contracts Ltd Fairacres House Fairacres Road High Lane Stockport SK6 8JQ Tel: 01663 764845 Email: info@mtxcontracts.co.uk www.operatingtheatres.com
