Work is set to start on a new £68m hospital in Salford after BAM Construction was appointed as the contractor.
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has appointed the firm to build the new major trauma centre for Greater Manchester - the six-story James Potter Building - and work is now set to start within weeks.
The new hospital build on the Salford Royal site is part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan, the "biggest hospital building programme in a generation", set to deliver 48 facilities across the country by 2030. The Salford site is hoped to complete in summer 2023.
Salford-based BAM’s appointment to the £68m major capital project follows a competitive process under the Procure22 Health Framework.
The 9,800sq m centre is set to include a resuscitation area, five emergency theatres, inpatient beds, and diagnostic imaging, and a helipad.
The trust is part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA). Its chief executive, Raj Jain, said: “This important facility has been many years in the planning with a number of our local, regional and national partners and it’s great to now be just weeks away from the official start date of construction.
"We are proud to be the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and this centre and the amazing state of the art facilities and our specialist clinical teams within it will allow us to provide trauma care and services to an additional 400 trauma patients per year and help save more lives.
Planning permission for the six-storey James Potter Building - previously referred the Acute Receiving Centre - was granted in December 2019.
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The development is named in honour of the organisation’s recently retired chairman Jim Potter, and will provide the trust with major trauma and high acuity surgery facilities in a modern, high quality building.
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Once complete, the specialist facility is set to receive 90% of all major trauma patients in Greater Manchester - such as people who have been involved in a serious road traffic accident or serious fall.
It will also be the hub site for high risk general surgery across Bolton, Salford and Wigan. That means any patients from these areas who require high risk emergency surgical or non-surgical treatment will be brought to Salford for their care.
BAM is now on Salford Royal’s site carrying out enabling works with a full construction programme start confirmed for February 22.
Day Architectural worked on the design with BAM and the trust.
Rob Bailey, BAM’s healthcare construction manager, said: “We have worked extensively on the design and programme with the trust to understand fully what their requirements are, and focus completely on what matters to them – providing a high quality building in which their patients are cared for and their staff can provide that care.
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"That is how buildings should be delivered, with the outcomes the client wants placed at the centre.
“We have an integrated capability to deliver facilities, because apart from constructing buildings, we also design them, develop them and manage facilities inside them.
"This insight and understanding of the built environment empowers our use of digital tools and construction techniques, and it enhances the sustainability and energy efficiency we can bring to make buildings better to use and more efficient to run.”
Cliff Jones, head of construction procurement, NHS Estates and Facilities said he was "delighted" at the news, adding: "We look forward to the successful delivery of this unique and dynamic facility and the resulting improvements in healthcare delivery for the community that it will serve.”