Case Studies : Healthcare

Scope of project:

• Doig+Smith are part of the team currently developing the new South Glasgow Hospitals project on the site of the existing Southern General Hospital. The hospitals include a new 1,000 bed acute adult hospital, a 240 bed children's hospital, support accommodation and associated landscaping works and infrastructure works. The facilities, spanning 170,000m2, will centralise services currently provided by three existing hospitals and will form one of the largest health amenities in Europe.

Value:

£575m

Our Role:

Bid and Full Business Case Cost Plan for Main Contractor and NEC3 contract advice; Post contract Quantity Surveying Services for Main Contractor including cost checking latest design information, value engineering, risk reviews and management, cost option studies, facilitating NEC3 training workshops, preparation of full bills of quantities for the various works packages, tendering and reporting on offers received, agreement of variation costs with various suppliers and actual cost audits of target cost contracts.

Scope of project:

• Services were provided to the Board through Frameworks Scotland and the BAM Team. The project comprised a 172 bed ward block extension to the existing DGRI facility together with refurbishment and alterations to approximately 80% of the existing Acute Care Hospital.
• The refurbishment works required to be carried out in multi phases over a four year period in a live hospital environment where continued business continuity was paramount to the Hospital.

Value:

£99m

Our Role:

Preparation of OBC and FBC costs and submission of OBC cost forms, full cost advice and planning, and the preparation of Bills of Quantities for the tendering of Works Packages.

Scope of project:

• The project provides accommodation for approximately 21,000m2 of highly serviced Medical Laboratory Space to support Blood Sciences, Medical Genetics, Medical Pathology & Micro-Biology within 3 primary accommodation units distributed around a central secure service yard linked to Facilities Management and the National Distribution Centre servicing the proposed new Southern General Hospital. In addition to this the brief extends to include the proposed Glasgow City Mortuary.

Value:

£75m

Our Role:

Full elemental bid Cost Plan for Main Contractor and NEC3 contract advice; Post contract Quantity Surveying Services for Main Contractor including cost checking latest design information, value engineering, risk reviews and management, cost option studies, facilitating NEC 3 training workshops, preparation of full bills of quantities for the various works packages, tendering and reporting on offers received, agreement of variation costs with various suppliers and actual cost audits of target cost contracts.

Scope of project:

• Services were provided to the Hospital Board through Frameworks Scotland and the BAM Team. The project comprised a new 5 storey Children's Hospital with a basement service tunnel and links to the existing Edinburgh Royal Infirmary at ground and first floor levels.
• Departments included Emergency, Acute Assessment, Medical, Surgical, Outpatients, Operating Theatres and Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) together with an integral central "Ozone" atrium and landscaped courtyards. The overall gross floor area was 35,867m2

Value:

£99.95m

Our Role:

Preparation of OBC and FBC costs and submission of OBC cost forms, full cost advice and planning, and the preparation of Bills of Quantities for the tendering of Works Packages at FBC stage. In addition, life cycle costing, value engineering and risk management.

Scope of project:

• Alteration and upgrade to the existing Balcarres and Craiglockhart Wards to create 40 bed adult mental health wards with improved safety, fire protection and quality of in-patient experience. Including a number of other facilities/rooms – Secure Interview, Patient Activity, Dispensary, Laundry, DSR, Staff areas, Dining areas, Toilets/Bathrooms and Reception with the works carried out in two phases during a 24hour live Hospital.
• The accommodation was designed to be fit for purpose and to comply with HAI–SCRIBE strategy and Anti-ligature requirements as part of NHS Improving Care, Investing in Change programme of modernisation.

Value:

£360k

Our Role:

Full QS and PM Service pre and post construction

Scope of project:

• The project involved the construction of a new Doctor Surgery on behalf of the Doctor's practice, financed by the NHS.
• The building provides a doctors surgery, nurse/outpatients facilities, together with meeting room/boardroom space for educational lectures and the like, outwith surgery times.
• The overall gross floor area is approximately 341m2

Value:

£850k exclusive of mine working costs and land purchase

Our Role:

Full pre and post contract works, cost advice and planning, the preparation of Bills of Quantities, tendering and reporting on offers received and full post contract services including the agreement of the Final Account with the Contractor. In addition we undertook value engineering, and worked with the Design Team and Doctors in gaining additional funding from the NHS.

Scope of project:

• The project involved the design & build of a new Dental Facility in Campbeltown, Kintyre, provided to the Board through the BAM Construction Ltd team through the Frameworks Scotland process.
• The facility provided space for both local independent dental practitioners and NHS practitioners in a clinical teaching environment. Training facilities for undergraduate outreach dental training was provided with links to the University of Glasgow
• The overall gross floor area is approximately 600m2

Value:

£2,700,000.00

Our Role:

Preparation of OBC and FBC costs, full cost advice and planning, and the preparation of Bills of Quantities for the tendering of Works Packages at FBC stage. In addition, life cycle costing, value engineering and risk management.

Scope of project:

• We were asked by the Trust to prepare a Feasibility Cost Study for proposed alterations and refurbishment at the Carleton Clinic in Carlisle
• Carleton Clinic is a Mental Health Unit for Cumbria and the plan was to refurbish the Pennine Dementia Unit and the Ruskin Assessment Unit within the Clinic
• The Pennine Unit alterations comprised a 170m2 new build extension with 715m2 refurbishment at a cost of £1.5m. The Ruskin Unit comprised a 130m2 new build extension and 765m2 refurbishment at a cost of £1.4m

Value:

£3.4m inclusive of 15% optimism bias, fees and VAT

Our Role:

Feasibility cost estimate for the separate units, with cashflow forecasts and advice on optimism bias and planning contingencies.

Scope of project:

• The project comprised alterations to the existing Accident & Emergency Department at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary to expand the department to create one of the largest A&E Departments in Europe, allowing a rationalised function and layout.
• The additional area required for expansion was provided through the decanting of the Plastics Department into new accommodation nearby (not part of this contract). The project was carried out in a multi-phased manner, allowing continuity of A&E business and maintaining services to adjacent areas and departments.

Value:

£3.5m

Our Role:

Preparation of FBC and final Target Cost, full cost advice and planning, risk and value management, value engineering and the preparation of Bills of Quantities for the tendering of Works Packages.

Scope of project:

• Fitting out of Class 'A' office space over two floors to accommodate NHS staff as part of the Clinical Accommodation Relocation Strategy.
• Works include internal partitioning and adaptation of base build systems to suit new layout.
• Creation of meeting room suite for public and staff use as well as boardroom for NHS Lothian Board meetings capable of subdivision when not in use.

Value:

£1.2m

Our Role:

Full PM and QS Services pre and post construction.

Scope of project:

• The project comprised alterations to an existing wing of the Maternity Building and the creation of an additional floor by overbuilding the existing.
• The additional floor was created by way of a steel framed overbuilding requiring "goal post" type construction. The ground floor below was completely refurbished. Existing utilities / services required diverting prior to the construction works and the existing adjacent main building entrance required to be kept in operation throughout.

Value:

£2.5m

Our Role:

Full QS Services pre and post construction.

Scope of project:

• Services were provided to the Hospital Board as part of the feasibility planning and scheme design team under the direction of BMJ Architects. The project comprised a new Neo Natal Unit as an addition to the Maternity Services at the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.
• The building provides a state of the art medical facility including 12 delivery rooms, 2 Operating Theatres, a Special Care Baby Unit and a Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit.
• The facility is a 3 storey construction with a gross floor area of approximately 5,800m2

Value:

£15.5m

Our Role:

Preparation of Feasibility and Masterplanning Costs for the new facility together with cost advice and planning, risk and opportunities considerations and value management and engineering exercises. In addition, life cycle costing calculations ensured best value for the Board.

Scope of project:

• The project comprised alterations and refurbishment to the existing St John's Hospital to create the new Short Stay Elective Surgical Centre. This dedicated unit was formed through the reconfiguration of wards 5, 6 and 7.
• As the SSESC was formed in and around an existing central courtyard, access to the works was difficult and the project was required to be carried out in 5 phases to ensure continued business continuity for the existing hospital.

Value:

£3m

Our Role:

Preparation of FBC and final Target Cost, full cost advice and planning, risk and value management, value engineering and the preparation of Bills of Quantities for the tendering of Works Packages.

Scope of project:

• The project comprised two independent research buildings with high level linked communication comprising office, administration and research facilities housed in five storey high finished buildings located on a prime site in University Avenue
• The Brief was to provide high quality medical research facilities, promoting a sense of community and facilitate contact between staff. This contact encourages exchange of ideas, knowledge and skills. The overall gross floor area is 11,725m2

Value:

£26m

Our Role:

Full Quantity Surveying / Cost Management Services including cost advice and cost planning, preparation of Bills of Quantities, risk management, value engineering, and full post contract services of monthly cost reporting, preparing monthly valuations and agreeing the final account with the Contractor.

Scope of project:

• Alterations to and refurbishment of Voreda House, including strip out of existing toilets, partitions, doors, finishes and lighting. Creation of new modern offices for the Trust including meeting rooms, offices, toilet facilities, new kitchen facilities and formation of a new feature entrance area. Over-roofing of the existing flat roof and provision of a new security entrance barrier system to the car park.

Value:

£635k

Our Role:

Full QS Services pre and post construction.