Property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard has landed a £5 million deal to oversee maintenance work at 38 health centres.
Then consultancy will deliver a backlog of work on the health centres across the Midlands owned by NHS Property Services.
The NHS Property Services’ portfolio includes more than 3,000 properties with a total value of more than £3 billion – about 10 per cent of the total NHS estate.
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The Pick Everard team will be provide programme management, project management, quantity surveying and principal designer services.
The works will overhaul building systems, ensuring they meet current building guidance.
Pick Everard, which is based in Leicester, employs more than 550 staff across 13 海角视频 offices.
Partner David Harris said: “We’re really pleased to have been awarded this commission, allowing us to continue and expand the extensive services we have been providing in support of the NHS and its services across the 海角视频 for many years.
”It’s of course a point in time when providing the NHS with as much support as possible has never been so important, so it’s great to be progressing these projects, allowing us to help support our health service in the Midlands with critical work.
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“The government has promised a number of programmes and funding packages for the health service throughout this year, including 40 new hospitals announced as part of ‘Project Speed’ at the end of June.
“However, it’s of clear importance that we must look after and improve the existing health service infrastructure, ensuring it continues to be fit for purpose, in order for healthcare professionals to provide the best possible care to patients in the region.”
Paul Jones, principal construction manager at NHS Property Services, said: “We’re pleased to have skilled and experienced partners on board to support the programme of works across the Midlands.
“The clear objective in sight is to deliver better patient care and these works are central to that.”
Imran Ishaq, associate director for building surveying at Pick Everard, who is leading on this project, said: “There is no doubt that Covid-19 will impact how we deliver this work and it is imperative safety guidance is followed by observing social distancing and health and safety protocols.
“We will be working within live, occupied environments, so will be using phased construction strategies to keep disruption at an absolute minimum and allow tenant businesses to continue with their services as work is in progress.
“A big focus for all we do at Pick Everard is delivering works that make a real social and economic difference to the community.
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“For this programme of works we will be deploying local labour and working closely with SMEs across the region on the provision of these improved community care facilities.”
The work is being delivered under the NHS Shared Business Services framework, which provides business support services to the NHS and public sector.