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Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won a £1.5m healthcare building contract at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol. The project was awarded by contractors Laing O’Rourke under the NHS ProCure 21 Framework and will provide a purpose-designed modular building to accommodate two cardiac catheterisation laboratories fitted out with highly specialised x-ray technology for the diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions, and a patient recovery suite. The scheme forms part of Laing O’Rourke’s £32m construction contract and role as Principal Supply Chain Partner to North Bristol NHS Trust. The new cardiac facility will be manufactured off site in York using Yorkon’s award-winning modular building system. This approach reduces programme times by up to 50 per cent, ensures delivery on time and on budget, minimises disruption to the running of the hospital, and is a highly sustainable method of construction. Commenting on the contract award, Douglas Moore, project manager at Laing O’Rourke, said: 'The Yorkon modular system is bringing two major advantages to this project – speed and flexibility. Completion of the building by the end of 2007 is a challenging programme but is critical to meeting the Trust’s waiting list targets for 2008/9. The use of off-site construction will enable us to achieve this. 'The modular method has also given us greater flexibility in internal space planning, allowing the Trust to make their complex purchasing decisions for the highly specialised cardiac equipment at a later stage than with traditional construction.” He added, 'The project is a collaborative approach which will provide the very best facilities within the Trust’s budget and to their required timescale.' Due for completion in December this year, the single-storey facility will be linked to an existing building and will comprise 20 steel-framed modules, which will be craned into position in just three days in the autumn. Yorkon, who is part of Laing O’Rourke’s ProCure 21 Framework supply chain, will also undertake refurbishment works in the adjacent building as well as on-site fitting out.

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Contracts totalling more than ?5 million have been completed by Yorkon to build new hospital facilities at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey. Two buildings were manufactured offsite in York, removing the need for decanting and minimising disruption to staff and patients. Designed by Todd Architects, the two-storey ward block comprises 10 four-bed wards and 16 single bedrooms. Additional facilities include a nurse's station, bathrooms, offices and a link to the main hospital 'street'. Externally the scheme is clad in architectural blockwork, rendered panels, vertical cedar cladding, curtain walling and a feature fascia. The day surgery unit that was fitted out by the company comprises an operating theatre, anaesthetics room, reception and 12 bed recovery ward.

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Provided for St Mary's Hospital in Portsmouth, a 3300m? rainscreen-clad modular building has been supplied by Yorkon. The two storey scheme was manufactured off-site in York after which 72 modules were craned into position in 10 days. A cantilevered canopy runs the full length of the front elevation to provide shelter for the three patient entrances. Sun pipes maximise natural light.

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Contracts totalling more than ?5 million have been awarded to Yorkon to build new healthcare facilities at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey,. A new purpose-designed day surgery unit and ward accomodation, providing 56 in-patient beds for emergency admissions, have been manufactured offsite and craned into position over three weekends to reduce disruption . The two storey ward block will comprise of ten four-bed wards and 16 single bedrooms. Externally, the scheme is clad in brickwork, rendered panels and cedar boarding, to improve the aesthetics. This was an important design element as the new building is located at the Duchess of Kent Wing, one of the main hospital entrances. The day surgery unit, which is fitted out by the company and linked to the main hospital building, includes an operating theatre, anasthetics room, preparation area, reception and a 12-bed recovery ward. The company was chosen as it provided fully operational buildings in a short time span; vital for the healthcare market.

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Off-site construction specialist Yorkon is to design and build an independent treatment centre in Somerset - the UK?s first to be built using modular construction. The Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre will include four operating theatres for orthopaedic, ophthalmology and general surgery and an on-site sterile services department. The two-storey building will be manufactured off-site and craned into position. It will feature roof glazing above the waiting area, red cedar cladding panels between windows and timber brise soleil to offer shading from the sun.

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Modular building specialist, Yorkon, has completed the manufacture of the UK?s first independent treatment centre to be built off-site. The new 4,100m² hospital was craned into position at Shepton Mallet in Somerset in 13 days, ready for fitting out. The Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre is part of a Government initiative to increase capacity in the NHS, improve patient choice and speed up access to surgery. With this speed in mind, the use of off-site construction was employed to deliver the building more quickly than with conventional construction, which means patient treatment can begin sooner.

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