16th Feb 2021
Integrated Health Projects (IHP), the VINCI Building and Sir Robert McAlpine joint venture, has now moved into construction stage on the £50m Douglas Bennett House project for London & Maudsley Hospital (SLaM) at Denmark Hill.
The existing Douglas Bennett House will make way for a new, purpose-built mental health facility that will house acute adult impatient services including four specialist wards and a psychiatric intensive care unit, all currently based in outdated facilities at Lambeth Hospital.
Spread over nearly 10,000m², the new Douglas Bennett House will allow the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to centralise their mental health services in one location. With the treatment of mental health central to the design, this new facility will provide greater privacy for patients with single-sex wards, en-suite bathrooms, balconies and outdoor space, family rooms, and a multi-faith suite.
Work began on site in September under the ProCure 21+ preconstruction agreement and is due to complete in September 2022.
PM/QS for the project is AECOM/Gardiner & Theobald with IBI Group appointed as Architect. Structural Engineer is WSP Group and Troup Bywaters + Anders is MEP.
Some nine months after VINCI Building completed this emergency COVID-19 facility, VINCI Facilities continues to work closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in the delivery of their COVID-19 plans including maintaining patient ward recovery areas (two wards in use) and the mass vaccination centre now located in Ward 4 (which was once the ice rink).
VINCI Building is proud to be a partner in the Construction Innovation Hub Platform Design Programme and to be key contributors to the Defining the Need report now published. Together we are transforming construction delivery.
Above & Beyond is the NHS charity for Bristol city centre hospitals. VINCI Building is helping to support Above & Beyond so they can create safe, modern and friendly environments that reduce anxiety and offer calm spaces for all.