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BDP wins design contract for Women’s and Children’s Hospitals in Birmingham
Birmingham is set to benefit from two new family-centred hospital buildings, as a local NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a design and technical consultancy service contract to BDP.
Along with its partners, we will provide architectural and technical engineering solutions to Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust for the modernisation of healthcare facilities designed for highly-specialised, dedicated paediatric and women’s healthcare.
Under the contract, a team of planners, designers, engineers and cost consultants from BDP, Arup, Archus and WT Partnership will lead the redesign of Birmingham Women’s Hospital, opposite the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on Mindelsohn Way, through the introduction of a new building. The team will also engineer and design a new clinical building at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Steelhouse Lane – adjacent to Waterfall House – a children’s healthcare building designed by BDP and completed in 2018.
The new, innovative and energy efficient children’s hospital will include emergency and theatre departments to replace the existing services, additional paediatric intensive care capacity and new, state-of-the-art inpatient wards. The women’s hospital will enable the Trust to replace its inpatient wards, expand services for specific gynaecology theatres and birthing rooms and ensure sufficient capacity within its outpatient clinics.
The new designs are set to help Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to continue improving the life chances of a generation whilst raising standards for patients and families in the region. The design approach for both buildings will aim to meet the standards set by the Government’s ambitions to deliver a ‘net zero NHS’ by 2050. They will also enable healthcare workers to deliver world-class outcomes for paediatric and maternity services at every level across the UK.
Andrew Smith, Head of Healthcare, said: “The collaboration between Birmingham Women and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, BDP and our partners will result in two world-leading healthcare facilities that will bring further international acclaim to a city which is already leading the way in innovative healthcare buildings.
Our team is driven by the desire to deliver meaningful social impact and create the very best, user-centred, and inspirational healthcare environments possible for the people of Birmingham. Our experience in delivering the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham proves how great design and creative engineering skills can produce hospitals that meet the technological, experiential requirements created by rapid changes in the healthcare sector. Now more than ever, we understand the importance of buildings that create a thriving culture of research and innovation, offer the best patient experiences and deliver impact across and beyond the NHS.
We look forward to working with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust to deliver both of these amazing facilities.”
David Melbourne, the Acting Chief Executive of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are proud of the amazing care our colleagues provide on a daily basis but they do that in an estate that is well beyond its operational life. Our children and young persons’ services are being delivered on a site opened in 1897 and our Women’s Hospital is more than 50 years old.
Our teams have done a great job in recent years with a make do and mend approach but the cost of that in terms of annual maintenance is growing and is not sustainable. These buildings are well past their natural life and are not suitable to providing the spaces and facilities we need for modern care. Our Big Build proposal will provide value for money and unlock huge potential for the development of our existing and new services; opening the door to a new wave of research and innovation tapping into the many world class individuals we are lucky to call colleagues.”
Civil and structural engineer, Arup, Archus for healthcare strategy and project consultancy, and cost consultants from WT Partnership will collaborate with BDP on the project from the outset.”
Conor Ellis of Archus, said: “We are delighted to be chosen as part of the team to help improve Women’s and Children’s healthcare across the West Midlands conurbation. Building in innovative global best practice into the design, encompassing not only service transformation but ensuring its digital and green footprints work to make both hospitals class-leading.”
Dominic Cropper, Director at Arup, added: “Arup is thrilled to be collaborating with BDP, Archus and WT Partnership on this exciting project that reflects the world-class service that the Trust provides to Birmingham and the wider UK. For many of us, the hospital has been at the heart of our families for generations and this is an important project for us. As well as helping to assure that the same leading-edge standards of health care are available for future generations, it also strengthens our reputation in Birmingham prior to our office move to the city centre in 2023.”
Andy Mannion of WT Partnership stated: “We can’t wait to get started on such an exciting project that will give so much back to the city for generations to come”