Site Visit: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Summary

Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd have been contracted to construct the new facility on the live Children’s Health Campus and will host the site visit. There will be a presentation describing the challenging constraints, enabling works, services diversions and engineering solutions used on this challenging project, followed by a site tour.

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Project Details:

Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust have commissioned a new state-of-the-art Surgical Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on their Children’s Health Campus in Liverpool. The unit will address a shared concern between Liverpool Women’s and Alder Hey hospitals, that babies who need specialist surgery currently have to be transferred to Alder Hey to get the specialist surgical care they need, then transferred back to Liverpool Women’s Hospital to continue their specialist neonatal care. Specialist neonatal staff from Liverpool Women’s Hospital will work alongside Alder Hey at the new NICU ensuring that babies do not need to be transferred back and forth between the two hospitals. The new arrangement will reduce the number of unnecessary and sometimes risky transfers of babies between Alder Hey and other hospitals, significantly improving the experience of patients and families.

The new building is situated on the location of the existing Emergency Department car park and will be linked to the existing hospital via link corridors. Works commenced on site with a series of enabling works, including service diversions, reconfiguring of the bereavement garden and temporary re-routing of vehicular and pedestrian access routes. The enabling works were complete earlier this year releasing the site for construction works to begin. The steel frame with composite deck structure sits on the piled substructure with reinforced concrete foundations and will be linked to the concrete frame of the existing hospital building. On the ground floor of the new building, will be a new Emergency Decisions Unit (EDU), Paediatric Admission Unit (PAU) and Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC). The new unit, on the 1st floor of the new building, will feature 18 individual family rooms for parents to call home and be alongside their new-borns whilst being cared for. The new facility will be clad in a mixture of masonry, aluminium cladding and render materials, including projecting feature windows.

Speaker:

Shaun Thomas, Senior Project Manager, Morgan Sindall Construction

Shaun is Morgan Sindall’s construction lead for the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital NICU project, with overall responsibility for its success. Acting as the primary point of contact for the client, he leads the delivery team, ensuring operations are safe and the project is completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Shaun brings extensive experience in acute healthcare on projects such as Durham Hospital and Blackburn Hospital PFI. He has delivered notable projects such as the Tameside Pathology, Knowsley Schools PFI, Blackburn Schools PFI and most recently the Paddington Village Novotel. Renowned for his practical, solutions-focused approach, he excels in communication and building strong relationships with stakeholders. He will ensure that the site visit is conducted safely and professionally, leaving all visitors well-informed about the construction works underway.

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Further Details:

Address: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Morgan Sindall site offices, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP

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Time:

Arrival from 3.45pm for a 4.00pm start.

PPE Requirements:

• 5 Point PPE must be worn on this site visit:
• Hi-Vis jacket
• Protective Eyewear
• Protective Gloves
• Hard hat
• Safety Boots

Parking:

Alder Hey has its own multi-storey car park in which visitors can use however, space may be limited. If you park off site and travel to site, then please park courteously.

Travel by Train:

The nearest train station is Lime Street which is located in the city centre meaning a bus/ taxi/ metro would be required to travel to and from Lime Street Station.

Travel by Bus/Mersey Rail:

The nearest bus stop is located on East Prescot Road just outside of the Hospital in which buses headed towards the city centre are located as well as buses going to the north and south of Liverpool as well as towards Prescot. Google Maps can be used to work out the best route you can take.

The nearest Mersey Rail station (Broad Green) is located 1.1 miles away or a 23-minute walk. Old Thomas Lane, L14 3NA.

Contact:

Please contact Bee Younis should you have any questions or concerns.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 07747536482