MTX Contracts Ltd has been selected to transform the former Boston United football ground into a £24.9m community diagnostic centre.
Work has begun at the site in Boston, Lincolnshire, to demolish the existing stadium. A groundbreaking ceremony officially marked the start of the project.
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group chief executive Professor Karen Dunderdale was joined by Boston Borough council leader Councillor Dale Broughton, MTX project lead Chris Dodd and the Lincolnshire Community Diagnostic Centre Programme estates director, Alistair Nelson, to mark the occasion.
The event signals the start of 20 weeks of demolition work. Once the ground is cleared, construction will begin on the building, which will include two new MRI scanners, two new CT scanners, X-ray facilities, three ultrasound rooms, a DEXA scanner, a further eight consultation rooms, and dedicated space for audiology services. The site will also include 115 parking spaces for visiting patients and parking for mobile diagnostic service vehicles.
Precisely engineered structural steel modules will be manufactured offsite while MTX carries out groundworks for the project. Once site preparation is complete, the modules will be transported to the site and craned into position, creating a structure which will be weatherproofed to allow concrete floors to be installed and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing fit out.
Expected to support up to 70,000 patients, the Boston Community Diagnostic Centre is scheduled to open in spring 2027. It is the third CDC to be built by MTX for Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG). MTX previously built award-winning CDCs at Lincoln and Skegness, and is currently extending the Lincoln centre to provide additional facilities. The Boston CDC is a design and build contract for MTX.
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group chief executive Professor Karen Dunderdale said: “Our teams have been working for a considerable amount of time behind the scenes to realise our ambition to have a community diagnostic centre in Boston. It is a privilege to be a part of this improvement, which not only brings additional testing capacity to support our patients in this part of Lincolnshire, but also transforms a space in the community which has sat empty and unused for some time. We are excited to see this project take shape over the coming year.”
MTX managing director David Hartley said: “We are delighted to have once again been chosen by LCHG as its partner for the design and build of our third CDC within the county. This demonstrates their confidence in our ability to deliver a fully compliant, high-quality facility using our hybrid Modern Methods of Construction systems and proven project management skills.”
