I trawled back through the threads and couldn't find one dedicated to this project. As always, I have precious little info. to kick things off, so I bow to the the greater collective knowledge of the forum and hope you will post relevant info./pics here, thanks.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/SteKnight/MRISuperHospital001.jpg?t=1201941657

PS I'm struggling to find a place to take a decent shot (the one above is taken from a park on Plymouth Grove) - anyone do any better?

I can't remember where, but there are some great renders lying around the forum

I can't remember where, but there are some great renders lying around the forum

I think these are them the new MRI and Childrens Hospital

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/943.$plit/C_71_article_1021415_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg?24/10/2007 18:18:29:475
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£500m kid's hospital halfway there

Amanda Crook

26/ 3/2008

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2909/mrisuperhospital1vj2.jpg

WORK on Europe's biggest hospital development has reached the halfway point.

The £500m project will replace the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury and Booth Hall Children's Hospital.

The development, which began in 2004, also includes new wards for the Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children and the Eye Hospital on Oxford Road and is due to finish by June 2009.

Some of the new facilities including the new Manchester Heart Centre, a blood unit and a testing centre have already opened to patients.

When complete the Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospitals complex will serve more than one million patients every year.

Peter Mount, chairman of the CMMC Hospital Trust said: "Our existing buildings are much loved by patients but some of these buildings were designed more than a 100 years ago.

"We need all our specialists available on one site so that we can deal with patients who need expert care to a high standard without delay.

"At the moment, staff members have to take valuable working time to cross Manchester between hospitals - and so do our patients. By 2009, staff and patients will enjoy world-class facilities and equipment enabling the very best of care to be provided on one site in the heart of the city."

The new Children's Hospital will have 393 beds making it the largest children's hospital outside the US.

Once complete, the Manchester Royal Infirmary will have five floors, with 758 beds.

The site will also include modern facilities at St Mary's.

Alan Gilbert, President of the University of Manchester said: "This is a tremendous boost to healthcare facilities in Manchester, and beyond."

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3347/mrisuperhospital2ym5.jpg



http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1042470_500m_kids_hospital_halfway_there

Took a couple of shots from the car park on the corner of Upper Brook and Hathersage Road today.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/SteKnight/MRI260308002.jpg?t=1206561417

Through a very murky window...
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/SteKnight/MRI260308004.jpg?t=1206561474

An even murkier skyline..
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http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg270/SteKnight/MRI260308001.jpg?t=1206561637

It's going to be a crime when they shut the old children's hospital it's a disgrace and anyone who knows the current pendulbury children's hospital or has been there will know what i am going on about.....

It's going to be a crime when they shut the old children's hospital it's a disgrace and anyone who knows the current pendulbury children's hospital or has been there will know what i am going on about.....

enlighten us

i use to live right next to the old childrens hospital and frequently had to go there for various health problems when i was younger. i think this new hospital is a great idea as the old one has just become well old and neglected. the only down side is the jobs lost to that area of swinton etc. would make some nice trendy apartment though lol

what are the plans for the old hospital does anyone know?

I've had call recently to spend alot of time at the new Queen's NHS hospital in Dagenham and if this new hospital is like Queen's then Manchester will have something to be proud of. Queen's opened about 2 years ago and is like a hotel (it even has a grand piano in the entrance area). It's one of those places you go to and you feel it's worth paying your taxes for.

Looking South towards the MRI cranes.

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City's £500m hospital 'halfway'

One of the largest new hospital developments in Europe, being built in Manchester at a cost of £500m, is more than halfway to its completion.

The complex of hospitals in Oxford Road will include the biggest integrated children's hospital outside America.

The site's current hospitals, including St Mary's, Manchester Royal Infirmary and the eye hospital will continue to operate with improved facilities.

The development is due to be completed next year.

More than one million patients will be treated on the site, which will also incorporate Booth Hall Children's Hospital and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury.

The children's hospital will have its own accident and emergency department.

Peter Mount, chairman of the Central Manchester and Manchester University Hospitals Trust said: "The development of our central site is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

"Our existing buildings are much loved by patients because they know they get a high standard of skilled, specialist care from dedicated staff.

"But some of these buildings were designed more than a hundred years ago for models of care that we would find wholly unacceptable these days."

The centralisation will cut down time taken by staff to travel between some of the current "satellite" sites.

Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council, said the hospital complex was a "tremendously exciting prospect".

Already completed on the new site, which is south of the city centre, are the Manchester heart centre, a new haematology unit and the endoscopy department.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7374906.stm

Any info on projects relating to Pennine Acute (Bury/North Manchester/Rochdale/Oldham)?
Those off the ground (just) are the Christie at Oldham and Booth Hall's replacement at NMGH.
With any luck there will be a big development at Oldham in the next few years and, if there is any justice, a massive development at NMGH.

Fifth arson attack at hospital

Exclusive Amanda Crook

6/ 8/2008

POLICE are investigating a fifth suspected arson on the site of Manchester's new children's hospital.

Builders discovered the blaze - reported to be the fifth since last Tuesday - on the sixth floor of the part-built unit this morning.

Staff were able to extinguish the blaze without the help of fire-fighters but police will investigate it along with a blaze last Tuesday and one on Monday which caused £1/2m of damage.

Building staff, who were called to an urgent health and safety briefing, say it is the fifth time the £500m development has been hit by fires in the last nine days.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police confirmed they had been informed of the blaze this morning and said officers would look at it as part of their on-going investigation into the suspected arsons.

About 1,000 people are working on Europe's biggest hospital building project.

It will replace Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, in Pendlebury, and Booth Hall Children's Hospital in Crumpsall. New wards will be built for the MRI, St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children and the Eye Hospital.

Workers say the site was closed yesterday morning after the latest fire on the second floor, while all staff went to a health and safety briefing.

One man, who asked not to be named, said: "It is not a good atmosphere while this is going on - we're all aware there could easily be a major blaze. We've been told to look out for anyone acting suspiciously."

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire Service said: "We have attended two fires at this site, both started in a quantity of cardboard boxes. Both may have been deliberate fires and we are working with security on the site and will reinforce the no smoking policy."

Building firm Bovis Lend Lease, which is leading the project, said: "We can confirm there was a fire on Monday within the new hospital development, with everyone safely evacuated from the site."

It is not thought the fires will cause a delay in building work and the damage is expected to be covered by insurance.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "We are working with the Fire Service and staff based at the site to investigate the circumstances surrounding the fires."

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1061282_fifth_arson_attack_at_hospital

Got my eyes looked at in the Eye hospital this week and during the eye exam asked the Doc when they were moving into the new building - he told me August 2009. Looking at the state of the old one (broken equipment all over the place) they'll have a job keeping it running 'till then...

Grainy. That's a monster.

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I think all the cranes are now down.

I've had call recently to spend alot of time at the new Queen's NHS hospital in Dagenham and if this new hospital is like Queen's then Manchester will have something to be proud of. Queen's opened about 2 years ago and is like a hotel (it even has a grand piano in the entrance area). It's one of those places you go to and you feel it's worth paying your taxes for.I disagree strongly, Zim. You obviously never spent much time in the wards, especially the ocean ones.

It's all very well hospitals having wacky designs or grand entrances, but for patients and staff such basic things as well lit areas are the most important.

Can't speak much of the design of this hospital, don't know enough. But less emphasis should be on reception areas and more efforts should be targeted towards wards and treatment areas and staff working areas, which are usually never near any natural light.

PS: Zim, the hospital is in Romford.:)

What I don't like in all hospitals are these crappy fake walls with black piece of wood in the middle. Its like your walking into the 1950s.

I can see this from my window (it's across the road!). I'll try and get a few pics tomorrow and then upload them to here.

Joz, you got those pictures yet?

I have a few yeah. Going to get a few more though, then i'll post :).

From Place North West.

AEW: plans for RMHC hospital to be submitted next few months
9 January 2009, 15:50

Michael Hunt

Proposals for the Manchester children's hospital parent's accommodation are expected to be submitted for planning consent in the next few months, say AEW.

The Manchester-based architecture practice, which is behind the Museum of Liverpool and Dawoodi Bohra Muslim Community mosque in Levenshulme, South Manchester, gained planning consent last year for a similar scheme in Birmingham.

The work being carried out is on behalf of the charity Ronald McDonald House.

The 60-bedroom building is located adjacent to the Manchester Royal Infirmary near Hathersage Road.

Steve Burne, managing director at AEW, said: "Plans are being worked up and will be submitted for planning consent in the next few months."

Guys

You have some cracking shots of the Build they are good to see.

The Queens Project and the Wards are based upon an American/UK Hybrid design. It was an interesting design Brief for a 96,000m2/£200m Hospital on a small footprint while mainatining a maximum 7 minute travel time between each department for staff. The building has won quite a few awards including PFI of the year

With Manchester, The whole project is 156,000m2/£500m where we are replacing various buildings on the site. The main new build is 120,000m2 with about 46,000m2 being the new Childrens. There are about 4500 rooms in the Main Building
The main building is handed to the trust in the next 6 months and then we start the demo of the St Mary's later this year to make way for a boulavard through the site and RMHC House

Jozblade,JRB & SteKnight I could take the 3 of you on site for your Photos and a tour. Send me a private message so we can chat for Security & H&S

AndySimo123 - you require a special mention for 2 reasons as I am Lost by your comments

I'm suprised there are no pictures of the bridge

I'm suprised there are no pictures of the bridge

The plans for the bridge are online here

http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/MCCList1.aspx?087379/FO/2008/C2

Hospital's new bridge in place

Amanda Crook

October 08, 2008

A MASSIVE 70 metre bridge linking Manchester's new children's hospital with the city's Royal Infirmary has been lowered into position.

The milestone comes eight months before the new children's hospital, which will be the largest in the country, is due to open. The building is part of a £420m redevelopment of the city centre hospitals.

Builders were forced to delay the historic moment on Saturday because bad weather made it too dangerous to move the 38 tonne middle section into place.

But on Sunday they managed to complete the footbridge, which weighs a total of 110 tonnes and leads from the new children's hospital to the clinical sciences unit, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), on Oxford Road.

Gill Heaton, director of patient services at Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals trust, which runs the MRI, the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Booth Hall Hospital, which will be replaced by the new children's hospital, said: "The new children's hospital is part of our new hospitals' development which marks the single largest investment ever to take place in healthcare in Greater Manchester. Alongside the new children's hospital are new facilities for Saint Mary's Hospital, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary.

"When all our children's services in Manchester are relocated from Royal Manchester and Booth Hall Children's Hospitals next summer, we will have the largest children's hospital in the country providing excellent care and state-of-the-art facilities.

"Preparations are already underway to ensure the smooth transition over to this new hospital which will provide an integrated centre of excellence for Manchester and the North West region."

The two end sections of the bridge were initially first leaving the final centre section to be hoisted into place, suspended from a 500 tonne crane.

The bridge was custom made in Yorkshire.

Roger Potts, general manager of Catalyst Healthcare who are managing the project, said: "This was an important day in the construction of the new hospitals. Everything ran smoothly and just as planned - right from transporting the different sections of the bridge from Yorkshire, through to lowering the centre section into place.

"This £420 million PFI project is the largest single investment ever in Manchester's hospitals. The installation of this foot bridge is tangible evidence of just how far this project has come in three years. We remain on schedule for completion and look forward to delivering a brand new, state-of-the-art suite of hospitals to Manchester next year."

Work on the 145,000 square metre new hospitals' project started in 2004 and will deliver four new hospitals with over 1,100 beds from June 2009.

* The M.E.N. is supporting a fundraising drive to raise cash for parents' accommodation and state-of-the-art equipment at the new children's hospital for more information see: www.newchildrenshospitalappeal.org.uk.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/s/1071072_hospitals_new_bridge_in_place

The colour changing lights are on as well. We were goig to try to lift it in in one but the delivery date for the 1800t crane didn't work

Sorry Flange I missed you off the offer to tour the site with your camera. Your welcolme as well

Let me know

New Children's hospital almost ready

Amanda Crook

March 25, 2009

THE M.E.N has been given a sneak preview of the children's hospital set to revolutionise healthcare in Manchester.

When it opens in June it will be the country's largest children's hospital.

The Oxford Road building replaces outdated Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, at Pendlebury, and Booth Hall Children's Hospital.

The new children's hospital building is part of a £500m building project managed by Catalyst Healthcare which includes refurbishments for St Mary's, the MRI and the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital as well as the children's hospital.

The whole complex will be the size of 66 football pitches and has taken almost four years to build.

The children's hospital has been designed to be family-friendly with each floor decorated in bold colours. There is a courtyard designed by youngsters from Manchester Academy in Moss Side and a roof-top playground.

The new hospital will mean that accident and emergency and intensive care unit are in the same building linked by a lift. At the moment children have to be transferred to Booth Hall and Pendlebury.

The 371-bed hospital will have the latest equipment including two MRI scanners, the latest CT scanner, three ultrasound rooms and state-of-the-art digitised X-ray units which will cut waiting times and improve efficiency.

Joanne Lofthouse, general manager of the children's division, said: "We are thrilled with the progress.

"Clinical services will exchange cramped Victorian surroundings for spacious purpose built facilities.

"The new hospital is on course to be completed on time and staff are looking forward to visiting the site for their orientation to ensure that the hospital moves progress smoothly in June."

The new children's hospital will have:

371 beds

17 intensive care beds (2 more than now)

12 high dependency beds (2 more than now)

The whole project will have:

A site the size of 66 football pitches

1.3m km of electrical cables

8,000 rooms

14,500 keys

9,000 tonnes of steel

12,000 hand wash basins

10,000 square metres of glass

The hospital has taken 1,200 workmen 47 months to build - an estimated 8,500,000 hours.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/s/1104455_new_childrens_hospital_almost_ready

Beds for parents at new hospital

Amanda Crook

March 30, 2009

ALMOST 200 fold-away beds are being installed for parents at Manchester's new children's hospital.

Currently, parents who want to stay overnight at either the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital or Booth Hall Children's Hospital have to use reclining chairs or mattresses on the floor.

But the New Children's Hospital Appeal is paying for the special beds to be installed in most of the wards in the new hospital, which is being built just outside the city centre.

Louise Goodman, a trainer from Prestwich, and her husband Antony, a chartered surveyor, spend nights at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury while their seven-year-old son Nathan is treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Louise and Antony take turns to sleep on a reclining armchair which Louise has nicknamed the `venus flytrap' for the way it folds up trapping people inside while they sleep,

She said: "When your child is sick it's really tough, you want to be with them in case they wake up and need you but if you don't sleep it can be really tough trying to keep positive during the day.

"Obviously it's a really emotional time and when you don't sleep it can be overwhelming, it's harder to try and keep your child thinking positive and keep them amused when they are feeling too sick to play and entertain themselves."

Nathan's longest hospital stay was when he spent five nights in a row in hospital while having chemotherapy but some children have been on Borchardt ward for the last five weeks.

Helen Heartfield staff nurse said: "Many of our patients have to stay in a hospital for lengthy periods of time and currently parents either stay at their child's bedside on a chair bed or they utilise the parental accommodation which is away from the ward.

"The chairs that parents sleep on are not the comfiest and can take up quite a bit of a space. A pull down bed will benefit the parents by allowing them to have a more comfortable night's rest at what can be an emotional and stressful time. In turn this will also help their child to relax.

"Plus when the bed has been put away it means that the hospital staff will have more room around the patient's bedside to carry out their care."

A spokeswoman for the New Children's Hospital Appeal, which has raised £18m and is aiming to raise another £2m for hospital equipment, said: "We hope to raise enough money to provide 200 pull-down beds for parents who want to stay close to their child during their stay in hospital."

The appeal will also be providing additional `off-ward' accommodation where treatment does not allow for pull down beds to be installed.

In addition, Ronald McDonald House Charities have pledged to raise £5m for stand alone family accommodation next to the new hospital.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/s/1105356_beds_for_parents_at_new_hospital

Children's hospital finished

Amanda Crook

April 30, 2009

MANCHESTER'S new children's hospital - the largest in the country - is finished.

After four years of building work health staff are now preparing the new Royal Manchester Children's Hospital wards for their first patients ready for its opening at the start of June.

The six-storey, 370-bed unit will replace the worn out facilities at the children's hospitals in Pendlebury and Booth Hall.

It will have 90 single beds giving teenagers and children far more privacy than the Nightingale-style wards at the current hospitals.

Peter Mount, chairman of Central Manchester hospitals, which runs the children's hospitals, was given the keys to the hospital by bosses of Catalyst Healthcare, who have led the privately-financed building project, in a symbolic handover ceremony.

Valued

He said: "Today is a great day for the future of children's services in Manchester. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a truly remarkable building which has state-of-the-art facilities, yet captures the spirit of what has made our two existing children's hospitals so valued.

"The new children's hospital will bring benefits for patients and the dedicated clinicians who will continue their great work caring for the children of Manchester and beyond.

"Staff are looking forward to visiting the site for their orientation to ensure that the hospital moves progress smoothly in June."

The children's hospital is part of a £500m building programme which includes ongoing refurbishment work at St Marys, the Manchester Royal Infirmary and the Royal Eye Hospital.

The New Children's Hospital Appeal has already raised £18m to pay for state-of-the-art equipment for the hospital and fitted fold-away parents' beds in the new hospital so mums and dads can get a good rest whilst staying on the wards overnight. They are pushing to raise the final £2m toward their target £20m.

Catalyst Healthcare chairman, Sir Tim Chessells, said: "We couldn't be more pleased with the finished article. From the time this project was commissioned and the plans were drawn up, there have been some high expectations - we are proud to deliver this hospital on time and on budget to the people of Manchester.

Fantastic job

"All the team have done a fantastic job in constructing a world-class hospital that everyone can be proud of and is sure to be the envy of NHS Trusts across the UK."

The children's hospital has been designed to be family-friendly with each floor decorated in bold colours. There is a courtyard designed by youngsters from Manchester Academy in Moss Side and a roof-top playground.

The site will have accident and emergency and intensive care units linked by a lift - currently children have to be transferred from Booth Hall's A&E to the intensive care ward in Pendlebury.

It will have the latest equipment including two MRI scanners, the latest CT scanner, three ultrasound rooms and digital X-ray units which will cut waiting times.

The new hospitals development will be the size of 39 football pitches cover a total area of over 265,000 square metres, nearly twice the size of the Trafford Centre.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/hospitals/s/1112712_childrens_hospital_finished

New hospital all set to open

Chris Osuh

June 10, 2009

THE space-age new Royal Manchester Children's Hospital looks set to make visits for youngsters more of an adventure than a pain.

As our exclusive pictures show, from the moment youngsters walk in they'll be greeted by bright colours and child-friendly fixtures.

The waiting area is easy to navigate and its transparent ceiling lets in lots of light - and by the time the hospital opens, it will be filled with children's toys.

Even the dental surgeries have been designed to appeal to young patients.

Coloured glass and fairground-style distorting mirrors keep up the fun in the therapy and specialised play areas.

Innovations

Special landmarks have been put in place to make finding your way around the hospital easier and less intimidating.

Near a coffee shop is a sculpture of an aquarium, while at another junction a mural of hand-painted butterflies acts as a milestone.

And a special teenage zone will be kitted out with a pool table, TV and a games console.

There are plenty of technological innovations too - each of the 17 beds in the Intensive Care Unit costs up to £80,000 because of its state-of-the-art monitoring equipment.

The 371-bed hospital, in the Central Manchester University Hospitals complex off Hathersage Road, replaces facilities at Pendlebury and Booth Hall.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/hospitals/s/1120088_new_hospital_all_set_to_open_

glad to see that came through in the end
did a lot of the ground work on that to get it working and explore how they could be retrofitted into the design that was already under construction
just reminded me to update and highlight this in my cv

Don't know how true this is, but my girlfriend's brother works as a cleaner at the MRI and according to him the the place was a bombsite last week. He also said that some of the work (finish, fittings, sockets, etc, etc) was very poor and certain wards couldn't be opened due to health and safety issues.

Hopefully it has been sorted out if it was true.

What buildings are due for demolition now the new hospitals are opening? Is the Eye Hospital going on the corner of Hathersage Road/Whitworth Park? If so, it would be a bit of a shame, it's a nice building.

What buildings are due for demolition now the new hospitals are opening? Is the Eye Hospital going on the corner of Hathersage Road/Whitworth Park? If so, it would be a bit of a shame, it's a nice building.

It is St Marys on Hathersage/Whitworth Park corner. I doubt the old buildings will demolished, as they are Grade II listed. I got the impression they are actually refurbishing these as there appeared to painters in when I passed the other week.

It looks like some of the newer buildings at St Mary's will be demolished though, including the big tower block on Hathersage Road.

Similarly, although the Eye Hospital buildings fronting onto Oxford Road will probably stay as they are listed.
By the looks of it, the buildings hidden away on Nelson Street are about to go as well.

We've done it! Children's hospital appeal hits £20M target

Dianne Bourne and Amanda Crook

October 23, 2009

IT WAS party time as the £20m fund raising target of the New Children's Hospital Appeal was spectacularly smashed last night.

The final thousands were raised at the star-studded gala dinner organised by the charity which has raised the incredible total over the last three years.

A host of stars who have supported the appeal from the start headed to celebrate at the Notte Bella bash at Manchester's Hilton Hotel.

They included Dragon's Den star Theo Paphitis, Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, Coronation Street's Tupele Dorgu and Antony Cotton and Manchester City's Mark Hughes, Mike Summerbee and Garry Cook. The Blues' £1/2m donation earlier this week had taken the appeal to within a whisker of the £20m target.

Also among the guests was young fundraiser Cameron Small, from Preston. The 11-year-old has raised some £80,000 to help other sick children - including thousands for the appeal - despite being treated in hospital more than 800 times for a deficiency of the immune system.

Just after midnight, following a performance from surprise star guests chart topping boy band JLS, appeal chairman Maurice Watkins announced the news that everyone had waited for.

He said: "I'm delighted to annmounce that we have hit our tagret of £20m. When we launched the appeal it was an ambitious target, which apperaed even more challenging in the light of the economic storms that have hit us since we began our work.

"it is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all our supporters - individuals, businesses and public sector partners - that we can make this announcement as the appeal comes to a close.

"I hope everyone takes great pride in the wonderful facility we have all helped to create at the royal Manchester Children's Hospital."

The appela was launched in May 2006 to provide equipment for the new hospital, which opened in June.

It has paid for pull-down beds on each ward so that parents can stay close to their children while they are in hospital, and specialist equipment which improves the diagnosis and treatment of young patients.

As well as being the M.E.N's official charity, the appeal was the official charity partner of the Great Manchester Run from 2007 to 2009.

It has won support from both Manchester City and United - and the region's leading businesses including Bruntwood, Bovis and Peel Holdings.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1178878_weve_done_it_childrens_hospital_appeal_hits_20m_target

Final days for hospital where thousands of Mancunians began their life

Amanda Crook

February 23, 2010

Demolition of the hospital where thousands of Mancunians came into the world is almost complete.

More than 5,000 babies have been born each year at St Mary’s Hospital since the early 1970s.

The old building, on Hathersage Road in the city centre, is being knocked down to make way for a new accommodation block for parents whose children need to stay at the new St Mary’s hospital.

The area will also be used for a new entrance to the complex of buildings around the new St Mary’s and the Manchester Royal Infirmary, which includes the Manchester Children’s Hospital and the Royal Eye Hospital, as part of a £500m modernisation programme.

St Mary’s became the city’s second hospital when it was founded in 1790. Work began on the 35,000-square metre, nine-storey building currently being demolished in 1966 and it cost £3m to build.

The St Mary’s tower block took its first in-patients in April 1970 and was officially opened in 1971 by the Queen.

Demolition began in November and is due to be finished by the end of March.

It will create 42,000 tonnes of rubble, the vast majority of which will be used in remaining development work on site with the rest sent for recycling.

Peter Mount, chairman of Central Manchester Hospitals, said: “The St Mary’s tower block has been a landmark in Manchester for the last 40 years.

“We are now heading towards the final phase of our new hospitals development.

“Once the old Saint Mary’s Hospital has been demolished, work then continues on construction of the boulevard which will provide an impressive open area in front of all of the new hospital entrances.”

The delivery rate will increase to 7,500 babies a year in the new maternity unit, which opened last July.

The new accomodation block will provide a temporary home for families of sick children to stay close to them and will open at the end of 2011.

It will cost £8.3m and house up to 240 people.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1193477_final_days_for_hospital_where_thousands_of_mancunians_began_their_life

Christie's sparkly new Extension nearly done:

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Had a wander around last week:

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Some of the atriums that are a strong feature of the new Hospital:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x284/gshutty/Picture304.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x284/gshutty/Picture297.jpg

One of the smaller buildings that front Hathersage Road and give a some what human feel to the mondter project:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x284/gshutty/Picture308.jpg

And the latest Hathersage Road demoltion, which was ~10 storeys the week before:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x284/gshutty/Picture281.jpg

Sorry for the quality, it was a crap day and the angles are restricted by hoardings.

Don't worry, the photos are great. Well done that man!

^^
Do you think the text on the wall of the Eye Hospital atrium doubles up as an eye chart? Okay, I'll get my coat ....

^^ damn cost cutting measures...

This could be moved to complete I guess.

Boulevard paves the way for 21st century healthcare

Date : 30/07/2010

The revolution of Manchester’s healthcare is set for completion as the final stage of the £500m Central Manchester University Hospitals complex is unveiled today – two weeks ahead of schedule!

The new 10,000m² boulevard will link each part of the hospital complex, giving patients, visitors and staff direct and easy access to all of the sites facilities.

The opening of the boulevard (2nd August)marks the culmination of a five-year build period that has transformed Manchester’s health services and rejuvenated the local community. Now the four state-of-the-art hospitals will have an additional 71 disabled parking spaces, dedicated drop-off points and outdoor seating areas for its patients, visitors and staff. The boulevard also forms part of the number 147 bus route and has a designated stop for the hospitals.
continues here... (http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/media-news-detail.aspx?newsID=227)
http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/media-news-detail.aspx?newsID=227
http://www.cmft.nhs.uk/trust/the-new-development.aspx

Are they ever going to sort out the complex where the A&E is? My friend was in for a few days and it was dreadful. The ward was cramped, dirty, dark and just looked generally outdated. He was moved to Hope for a further two weeks and by contrast Hope was much more pleasent.

what on earth is that red brick building across from tesco petrol station? is it new? its one of the worst things i've ever seen. why spend all that money on the other new buildings and then hide them behind that?

Had a cycle around the new hospitals this evening. It's absolutely huge and the public realm is great.

But what's going to happen to the old hospital buildings like the ones fronting Oxford Road?

But what's going to happen to the old hospital buildings like the ones fronting Oxford Road?

There's the planned Eye Hospital re-development,

http://www.corridormanchester.com/royal_eye_hospital.html

another scheme that's been hit by NWDA funding issues...think they were looking for 'enabling works' money.

Bruntwood/MSP consortium to redevelop Royal Eye Hospital site

2nd September 2010

By Mike Fahy - Assistant Editor

A CONSORTIUM run by Bruntwood and Manchester Science Parks have won a tender to redevelop the former Royal Eye Hospital site on Manchester's Oxford Road corridor into a 100,00 sq ft incubator unit.

The consortium is already believed to have been informed of its win but no announcement has yet been made as the tender award is subject to a ten-day cooling-off period. It will be responsible for managing the building, which is to undergo a £20m redevelopment set to complete by 2012.

TheBusinessDesk understands that the upgrade will transform the building into a new scientific facility which will be used by firms involved in the optical industries.

Existing Manchester Science Park resident Icon is understood to have signed a pre-let for the building, which could house a new centre of excellence in translational medicine being planned by the firm. It is expected to open by April 2012.

The tender is expected to be confirmed by the body which has held the redevelopment contest, Corridor Manchester, next week. It declined to comment on the award. The site is owned by Central Manchester Universities NHS Trust.

http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/


Bruntwood wins Eye Hospital contest

2 Sep 2010, 11:08

Manchester's preeminent office landlord is due to be confirmed shortly as the selected partner to transform the Royal Eye Hospital into a 100,000 sq ft business centre for science, research and innovation companies.

The development contest is being run by Corridor Manchester, the city council's intervention agency for the Oxford Road area, on behalf of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, owner of the building.

Bruntwood is understood to be negotiating a long lease and management contract for the centre which will cost around £20m to deliver by spring 2012.

The development competition was launched in December 2009, at which time Jackie Potter, chief executive of Corridor Manchester, said: "The former Royal Eye Hospital is a great development opportunity where we intend to provide the modern business space that is much needed for companies wanting to locate in the Corridor area, and who wish to take advantage of the large network of health, science, medical innovation and technology companies already located here."

All parties declined to comment when contacted by Place this morning. Official confirmation is expected early next week.

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/7062-bruntwood-wins-eye-hospital-contest.html

Temporary cabins have finally started to be taken away! They've been lined up along Upper Brook Street for so long it's nice to see them finally gone. Although it hasn't revealed anything particularly attractive behind them.

It does improve Upper Brook Street anyway

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/100_0864.jpg?t=1295109514

This whole stretch was lined with grey portacabins for years
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/100_0865.jpg?t=1295109544

Temporary cabins have finally started to be taken away! They've been lined up along Upper Brook Street for so long it's nice to see them finally gone. Although it hasn't revealed anything particularly attractive behind them.

It does improve Upper Brook Street anyway

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/100_0864.jpg?t=1295109514

This whole stretch was lined with grey portacabins for years
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/100_0865.jpg?t=1295109544

Google Earth suggests they have been there at least 5 years. From memory its probably nearer 7years.

With a bit of luck they will replant some trees. While it isn't wholly negative, Upper Brook Street has become very built up in the last 10 or so years and it would be nice to have some greenery to balance the buildings.

dont know if this is still the plan.

http://www.tac.com/uk/data/internal/data/01/35/1108644980527/MRI+400.jpg

Some cabins will remain for a couple of years as there are plans to incorporate a £16m Coronary care unit in the building which houses A & E

Just to confirm, the old eye hospital is going to be left mostly intact?

Just to confirm, the old eye hospital is going to be left mostly intact? I'd cry if they touched that building.

I'm afraid not - it is due to be demolished as part of the new development, and has always been outside of the scope of the PFI redevelopment.

There are contractor's stripping asbestos at the moment.

I'm afraid not - it is due to be demolished as part of the new development, and has always been outside of the scope of the PFI redevelopment.

There are contractor's stripping asbestos at the moment.

It's not being demolished it is a listed building. The Eye Hospital is being refurbished and a new build joined onto the original building.

these were on BD back in Sep (http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/sheppard-robson-bags-%C2%A321-million-manchester-royal-eye-hospital-scheme/5006198.article), design by Sheppard Robson,

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/pictures/700xAny/8/6/0/1675860_night%20external_low%20res.jpg

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/pictures/700xAny/8/6/1/1675861_day%20external_low%20res.jpg

from www.freh.co.uk,

http://www.freh.co.uk/gb/themes/site/img/hero/hero-4.jpg


Bruntwood and MSP win Eye Hospital consent

17 Feb 2011, 17:37

Manchester City Council has approved Bruntwood and Manchester Science Parks' plans to convert the former Royal Eye Hospital on Oxford Road into a 100,000 sq ft biomedical centre.

The part renovation and part new-build, designed by Sheppard Robson architects, will contain wet labs, offices, teaching rooms and research facilities. A training provider and a biomedical firm are in talks with Bruntwood to pre-let parts of the development.

Two applications were approved, for listed building consent - the former hospital is Grade 2-listed, as well as the overall development, which includes a five-storey extension.

Bruntwood and MSP are advised by Drivers Jonas Deloitte on planning, Arup for engineering, Kevin Murphy, heritage consultant, and quantity surveyor Cyril Sweett.

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/8347-bruntwood-and-msp-win-eye-hospital-consent.html

I stand corrected - I have an earlier masterplan of the whole site which has this building listed as being demolished. It looks as if it is only the later additions at the rear which are being cleared away.

dont know if this is still the plan.

http://www.tac.com/uk/data/internal/data/01/35/1108644980527/MRI+400.jpg

It's happening. Trees being planted today

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/100_0931.jpg?t=1300567095

They really shouldnt put fake brick cladding next to real brick lol. Kind of shows it up. Maybe the trees will blend it all in.:)

They really shouldnt put fake brick cladding next to real brick lol. Kind of shows it up. Maybe the trees will blend it all in.:)

Getting rid of the wall went into the too difficult box - there is a serious amount of services, steam mains and the like on the other side.

Getting rid of the wall went into the too difficult box - there is a serious amount of services, steam mains and the like on the other side.

I was thinking more, getting rid of the fake brick cladding tbh lol. But at the end of the day its a hospital, and having a quality hospital building is more important than looks at the moment anyway.

Not the MRI, but just as important. For the full article and more images, click on the link.

The Christie Patient Treatment Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/16142_2_PTC10H-c-DavidOates.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=16142

wow, that is a fantastic design. love it.

Its not fake, its actually brick infill.

Not heard about/seen the Christie refurb before. Must say that's quite fit, as hospitals go.

JRB, Good spot, they are my pictures, I didn't realise they were in World Architecture News!

SSC strikes again.

PNW.

http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/assets/_files/cached/img/402x301.5/oct_10/pnw__1287044477_McDonald_image.jpg

Work begins on Ronald McDonald House15 Apr 2011, 09:40

Pochin Construction has started building the new Ronald McDonald House for family accommodation at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
Working on behalf of Ronald McDonald House Charities UK, Manchester-based AEW Architects has designed the facilities.
A ground breaking ceremony was held this week, which was attended by those responsible for making the project happen as well as the Ronald McDonald House Manchester project team.
Pochin Construction was awarded a £6.8m contract to build the property in October last year, following a five-way competitive tender.
The five-storey house will provide 60 bedrooms for families and will be open 365 days a year.
The new Ronald McDonald House in Manchester will be the 15 of its kind in the UK and is expected to take 52 weeks to build with completion scheduled for spring 2012.
Jonathan Pochin, managing director of Pochin Construction, said: "The work that Ronald McDonald House Charities does to enable such facilities to be built and maintained is fantastic and we are very proud to be a part of a programme which will make such a difference to families across the North West."
Steve Burne, managing director of AEW, added: "Having worked on a number of accommodation facilities for RMHC throughout the UK, it is a real honour to be involved as the architect on home turf in Manchester. This is a wonderful charity and the Houses make such a difference to the lives of families with children in hospital.
We look forward to seeing the facility's first visitors in 2012."
RMHC is calling on businesses and the community across the North West to help raise essential funds to complete the project, which includes furnishing the interior and securing vital initial running costs for the facility.
Jon Haward, director of RMHC, said: "Having a child admitted to hospital is every parent's worst nightmare. Ronald McDonald Houses provide support for families at this difficult time, enabling them to stay together and share their experiences with other families who are going through the same thing. We are confident that the people of Manchester will help us to complete the new Ronald McDonald House and give families one less thing to worry about when their children are in hospital."
The most recent house was completed at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 2010. AEW was selected to design the Manchester accommodation in 2005 and have been retained by McDonald's Restaurants for 15 years.
■Those interest in making a donation can do so by visiting the Ronald McDonald House Charities website http://www.rmhc.org.uk/

Ronald McDonald House, Manchester

Ronald McDonald House Manchester opened its doors on 21 May 2012 and provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families with children receiving treatment in the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Many families have to travel to Manchester from across the North West, the UK and even from around the world, so that their children can receive specialist treatment at the Children’s hospital.

The House enables the whole family to stay together and maintain a degree of normally family life. We estimate the House will look after more than 1,000 families in its first year.

Ronald McDonald House Manchester is more than just a place to stay. It offers comfort, support, a safe environment where families can interact, share their experiences and know that they will always have a shoulder to cry on. We encourage their extended families to come and visit and we host events and workshops to keep them strong and hopeful.

The House is made up of five floors. As well as the 60 en suite bedrooms there are communal lounges, kitchens, dining areas, playrooms, laundry facilities, a teenager room and a quiet room. Ronald McDonald House Manchester is also open to families coming to the hospital for day care, for example those whose children are receiving chemotherapy or renal dialysis.

The House is directly opposite the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital in central Manchester. Parents and families with children in the hospital will be just a stone’s throw from their children thanks to the new facility, with a telephone line direct to the ward in each bedroom.

Get involved
The House cost £7.5 million to build. We need to raise £500,000 each year to keep the House open.

http://www.rmhc.org.uk/where/rmhc_houses/manchester Also just wondering if any knows why those Balfour Beatty portacabins are still there on Upper Brook Street?? They've long overstayed their welcome. The hospital spends half a billion on creating a nice building only for a few ugly portacabins to get in the way.

I guess this is the best place to put this but I spotted that this notice had been put up today whilst I was waiting for a bus. It's an extension to the Grafton Street car park (a big extension!!) and I imagine it will be built on the surface car park on Nelson Street ie the access into the hospital from Oxford Road.

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn252/Cityplanner/IMG_20130425_163558_zps35ef0c18.jpg (http://s306.photobucket.com/user/Cityplanner/media/IMG_20130425_163558_zps35ef0c18.jpg.html)