BREEAM OUTSTANDING ACCREDITED HOSPITAL

ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS:

MISSION STATEMENT
The building design and engineering strategy follows the needs of a 21st century healthcare facility
providing a therapeutic environment that promotes health and well-being, is patient orientated,
intuitive and flexible to future needs. The aim is to design a positive impact building that uses fewer
resources, generates less waste, curbs CO2 emissions and to save the NHS money over its life-cycle.

Patient orientated design that promotes health and wellbeing.

Intuitive layout reduces the stresses of wayfinding within the hospital.

2011

Group F

The hospital layout is designed around clinical adjacencies to ensure it is highly

functional.

Wherever possible natural daylight is introduced and views to the outside are
provided.
The facade design follows a modern, simple and efficient statement design.
Each floor is divided into 3 main fire compartments. Each compartment has
two independent escape routes
25% Green Space.

Cardiff Bay Orthopaedic Hospital

SUPERSTRUCTURE:
MECHANICAL SERVICES
ELECTRICAL SERVICES:
Cast-in-situ reinforced concrete frame.
9 Air Handling Units have been selected to Calculated
power requirement of
C50/60 concrete mix with a 50% GGBS
provide all occupied rooms with the option 210kVA, supplied by LV DNO connection.
content specified.
of mechanical ventilation.
Standby generator provides backup to the
Flat slab design offers maximum flexibility in
Ultra Clean Ventilation system used within
essential areas of the hospital.
layout.
the operating theatres for infection control. Solar shading system tracks the sun and
Slabs designed using the yield-line method.
10kW ground source heat pump used for
collects electricity via PV technology.
The structure is braced by concrete shear
under-floor heating in atrium.
62 PV panels installed on the roof.
walls incorporated into lift cores.
10000L GRP Storage Tank stores sufficient Fibre optic cables draw natural light down
Steel sections have been utilized in the
into corridors.
atrium to provide long spans of column free water to supply 24 hour requirements.
space.
460kW gas fired, condensing boiler selected
as the primary method of heating water.
SUBSTRUCTURE:
External VIE has been sized to store
CFA piles are to be utilized due to their low
noise and vibration installation.
3927L of oxygen at -160C.
144 CFA piles (450mm diameter) are to be
installed to a depth of 23 metres.
Floor slabs are to be ground bearing.

R. Bayton, B. Drew, S. Godicke, T. Lawson & I. Smith

SUSTAINABILITY:
Narrow plan design reduces energy costs.
Rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing and irrigation.
Locally sourced materials & labour specified.
Extensive green roof.
Building management system optimises the use of services.
Flexible for future developments in medical science
PROJECT COSTS:
or management.

BREEAM Rating: 85.2%.

INFECTION CONTROL:

All wash basins are sensor operated

Inpatient and outpatient departments separated.
All surfaces, floors and walls have an easy clean, durable
Clean and dirty corridors provided for operating theatres.
High ventilation rates throughout patient areas prevent airborne transmission. hygienic surface coating.

ESTIMATED CAPITAL COST: 7.92M

Cost per square metre: 1494