Sherwood Oaks Hospital
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Location: Mansfield
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Sector: Health
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Division: Regional Building
Awarded to Tilbury Douglas via the Pagabo framework, this project for Sherwood Oaks Hospital includes the refurbishment of an existing 5,000m2 former private high-secure facility, into a low-secure adult impatient mental health facility, located in Mansfield.
The major refurbishment, spread across three blocks, two of which house four wards and one comprising administration area, will result in significant improvements for the care of approximately 70 patients.
At a glance...
£18.7m
Project value
November 2022
Completion date
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust
Client
Works included:
- Full refurbishment to all single en-suite bedrooms, welfare spaces, office areas and minor new build extensions to the existing building
- High specification anti ligature upgrades to achieve a medium-secure standard
- Major upgrades of fire protection and acoustic values throughout
- Section 136 suite consisting of new structural steelwork and extension to accommodate more serious admissions and improve the Trust’s ability for managing crisis care pathways
- Full upgrade of M&E services including Staff Attack and CCTV systems
- External finishes incorporating new perimeter enclosures and recreation areas
The new facility will ensure that patients receive their care in a modern environment, whilst maintaining their safety, privacy and dignity, along with the therapeutic benefit of the ward environment on their wellbeing.
Challenges and solutions
The contract and programme duration increased significantly since starting on site in December 2020. Initially a light refurbishment, it was extended throughout the project due to client-led design changes, the discovery of inadequate fire protection and inaccessibility to old plant.
Due to the traditional contract, all changes were client-led, however we worked collaboratively in shared offices to assist the Trust throughout.
Design considerations included incorporating anti-ligature items and strengthening the structure within the Section 136 suite, through installation of mesh into the walls and steel frames into existing doorframes.
During strip-out, we discovered the fire-stopping was inadequate so we ensured the new facility is fully compliant, including installation of new fire doors.
We also created sample rooms for the client to destructively test and combined products for the most successful outcome.
This collaborative outlook ensured that we offered knowledge from previous schemes, to allow early and informed selections, in-turn allowing early reservation of production slots for specialist products.
Added value
The expanding programme allowed us to focus heavily on social value, bringing benefits to the local community, for example:
- Provision of QR posters, confidential tear-off strips in toilets and a listening lounge to encourage site teams to seek mental health support should they need it. A mental health practitioner from the Trust also visited site to talk to operatives covertly
- We donated to charity through food and clothes banks, book swaps and sourcing furniture from Remploy, the UK’s leading disability specialist
- We welcomed placement students and supported labourers by giving them the opportunity to pursue training to aid future development
We also implemented a number of environmental initiatives such as recycling materials from previous sites, bug hotels and toad abodes on site, reusing sanitaryware where possible and we have saved an estimated 4,932kg of Co2.
Our partners
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Structural Engineer: Keith Simpson Associates
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M&E Engineer: William Bailey – Mechanical / Fusion - Electrical
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Architect: David Morley Architects
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Cost Manager: Gaskell