Clatterbridge Hospital - Community Diagnostic Centre

MTX has created a new community diagnostic centre (CDC) at Clatterbridge Hospital on Merseyside, using modern methods of construction to deliver the project faster, greener, safer and more cost effectively. The 450 sq.m single storey CDC houses both MRI and CT scanners, along with patient waiting and administration areas, and is linked to an existing building on the hospital site.

It has been constructed with 12 modular sections constructed off site and delivered for assembly with walls already in place. Once installed on site, ceilings and concrete screed flooring were added in preparation for fit out, along with the specialist scanning equipment and mechanical and electrical systems. A significant quantity of the services equipment was delivered in factory-built modular sections for assembly on site, in line with the Government’s Construction Playbook and drive for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).

The nature of the building required specialist features including a ‘Faraday cage’ to enclose the MRI scanner room to avoid electromagnetic interference, and radiation shielding for the CT scanner area. The building floor is also raised above the external site level to mitigate flood risks. MEP, including medical IT switchboards and uninterruptible power systems, are located in a separate building, but the systems are linked to the main building management controls for the hospital infrastructure. The new CDC also connects to the medical gases system of the main hospital for oxygen supplies.