King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

A complex and sustainable building was required for outpatient services at King’s College Hospital in London to allow the Trust to free up space within the main hospital to help reduce waiting times and improve the patient experience for urgent care services.
This is a busy teaching hospital which serves 700,000 people across four London boroughs and provides specialist services for a wider catchment.
THE OFFSITE SOLUTION
The £21m contract was awarded to Premier for the offsite construction of a 3,450sqm, four-storey modular healthcare building.
The use of an offsite solution for this project is ensuring faster delivery and earlier occupation to the benefit of patient care. It is also radically reducing disruption to staff and patients and the surrounding residential community during it construction.
CHALLENGES
• High degree of energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions
• Compliance with the current and emerging London Plan
• A highly restricted site on a live hospital campus. The new building has access roads to three sides and is immediately adjacent to the Normanby Building.
• A short build programme to bring the facilities into use as fast as possible, to the benefit of patient care
• The requirement to avoid any disruption to the air ambulance during the building installation phase.