MTX have created a new short-stay ward for Northwick Park Hospital, London above the existing A&E, in one of the most complex build programmes ever undertaken by the company. A total of 32 structural steel modules manufactured offsite were used to construct the new ward on a steel deck installed on existing columns that were part of the original A&E department build.

The challenging location in the middle of the busy hospital site required the use of one of Europe’s heaviest lifting tower cranes, around 40 metres high and with a ‘reach’ of 80 metres. Every component of the new ward had to be lifted onto the construction deck, including 200 tonnes of steel and almost 2000 construction boards.

The new unit incorporates 32 short-stay beds and ancillary areas and is finished to the high-quality build standard that has established MTX as a leading supplier of new healthcare facilities. The programme included designing and installing mechanical modules pre-manufactured offsite to control the ventilation and the environment of the wards, with a dedicated integrated plant facility provided within the new building as part of the M&E specification. The new first floor construction links to the existing hospital buildings via a 20 metre-long suspended connecting corridor.