British manufacturer Lawton Tubes has supplied 30,000 metres of medical-grade copper pipework for a major hospital development in Brighton.
Working with Medical Gas Pipelines Ltd, the company provided specialist oxygen pipework for the Brighton 3Ts / Louisa Martindale Building Phase 1 project at Royal Sussex County Hospital. The scheme involves an 11-storey installation requiring medical gas connections throughout the building.
Delivered over a two-year period, the project supports several clinical areas, including a 28-bed intensive therapy unit, seven operating theatres, five wards and a dedicated imaging department.
Medical gas connections were installed using pipe sizes ranging from 15mm to 159mm, reflecting the scale and technical complexity of the scheme.
Lawton Tubes manufactures medical copper tube in accordance with EN 13348, the European standard covering cleanliness and performance requirements for medical gas systems. The company was the first British manufacturer to produce and supply tube to this specification.
According to Lawton Tubes, its finished products achieve a maximum total carbon content of 0.20 mg/dm², a measure intended to reduce the risk of contamination within pipework serving vulnerable patients.
David Rebeiro, medical gas sales manager at Lawton Tubes, said: “Our investment in high-quality degreasing machinery, combined with hand inspection and cleaning, means we are ideally placed to support with the construction and maintenance of medical facilities as seen at Royal Sussex County Hospital.
“Our partnership with Medical Gas Pipelines Ltd ensured that critical areas of the hospital were equipped with safe, dependable systems, and we look forward to working with them on future projects.”
