MISA - St James's Hospital
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Client
- BAM Contractors
- Expertise
- Architecture
- Building Services Engineering
- Completion
- 2016
- Cost
- €35 M
A 15,000 sq m state of the art facility to house clinical, support and research facilities, along with a 116 bed ward, support services accommodation, and offices for Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing.
The construction of a new state-of-the-art facility for Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing. The project involved the demolition of existing buildings at the St James's Hospital campus and the construction of a new 15,000 sq m state of the art facility. This part four storey and part seven storey hospital building, houses clinical, support and research facilities and the offices of the Mercer’s Institute, along with 116 bed ward accommodation.
The site for the new building was crossed by many key M&E services including main electrical power, communications, data and gas supplies. The location of all of these services needed to be accurately identified and a services diversion strategy developed and implemented.
The building benefits from many environmental engineering features including natural ventilation to single-bed wards, a high efficiency heating and cooling plant, excellent thermal performance and air tightness and automatic lighting control.
The works also involved refurbishment within Hospital 5 and the development of a new multi-faith prayer centre.