Yeovil District Hospital
Accessibility & MSCP Parking
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Location: Yeovil
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Sector: Health
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Service: Regional Building
Tilbury Douglas completed construction of a new 650 space multi-storey car park at Yeovil District Hospital to reconfigure accessibility to make it more efficient and provide a new, safe car park with a higher capacity.
The new car parking provision improved the patient, visitor and staff experience and meets demand for on-site parking both now and in the future to enable the Trust to achieve sustainable growth.
The new structure is cut into the existing site reducing the impact on the surrounding environment requiring a ground retaining solution for construction of the ground floor which has been provided by a bored contiguous pile retaining wall to three sides of the structure.
The superstructure is provided by structural steel frame braced to three pre-cast lift and stair shafts. Car decks comprise precast concrete planks overlaid with a structural concrete topping finished with mastic asphalt wearing course to the top deck.
External elevations were treated with a mixture of brickwork and PPC vertical profiled tubes to provide a well-balanced compromise between materials characterised by the local area, softened by the inclusion of vertical planting and soft landscaping.
Feature cladding comprises light grey PPC vertical profiled tubes, with a series of indentations, positioned to provide flowing patterns along the length of the main elevations to the south and east. Behind the vertical elements, a vehicle impact barrier with open mesh screening was provided, affording both anti-climb security as well as headlight / privacy screening.
At a glance...
£9.1m
Project value
July 2015
Completion date
NHS
Client
Challenges and solutions
Following site clearance and initial earthworks, piling for both earthwork retaining and ground bearing elements was installed in readiness for reduced level excavation and local retaining structures ahead of structural elements. Erection of the structure commenced with installation of the offsite pre-cast concrete stair and lift shafts by a 300t crane providing lateral restraint for the follow on structural frame. The structural steel frame was erected by mobile cranes working within the footprint of the site.
Precast deck and wall sections were installed during steel erection ahead of preparation for and placing of structural topping forming the composite deck tying into shafts and steel elements.
External finishes, brick panels and vertical cladding were fixed to the building and a pedestrian crossing point and new access steps to hospital entrance area completed the project.
Added value
Sustainability: column-mounted lanterns are ‘dark-sky’ friendly, with zero upward light components and sharp defined cut-off to prevent direct light spill to neighbouring properties.
All external lighting and perimeter lighting within the MSCP are controlled by daylight sensing. Where appropriate following risk assessment, presence control of lighting to lobbies and stairwells was applied.
In addition, a two-point charging station for electric or ‘hybrid plug-in’ vehicles was provided on the lowest level of the car park.
Our partners
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Architect: One Creative
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M&E Engineer: TNG
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Structural Engineer: Hill Cannon
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Project Manager: Sweetts
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Cost Advisor: Sweett Group