Royal Infirmary – East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre

MMC Categories used:

_Category 1: Two Storey Hybrid Volumetric: Type c. Structural chassis, fitout, and external cladding / roofing complete.

_Category 2: External 2d steel wall frames manufactured offsite as part of the volumetric modules.

_Category 3: Staircase

_Category 5: Pre-piped Trovex, door-sets (pre-hung)

_Category 6: Brick slip systems

Pre-Manufactured Value: 70%

Through exceptional design management and the use Modern Methods of Construction, MTX delivered a multi-award-winning new home for East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

The bespoke state-of-the-art, 2-storey Centre, designed with both patients and parents in mind, delivers 1080m² of new accommodation including an operating theatre, catheter lab, anesthetic room, recovery suites, outpatients and diagnostics, all necessary ancillary, including parent rooms, and a dedicated plant room.

Through close collaboration with the Trust and by using ingenious design techniques, MTX were able to take this RIBA Stage 3 traditional concrete frame building and redesign it as a steel frame ‘hybrid’ volumetric structure. Bringing it under budget via value engineering design and standardized elements. The project achieved a BREEAM score of ‘Very Good’ and an air tightness of 5.2; 1.8m³, well under the industry average of 7.