Construction World December 2018

Building Contractors

PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: Belo & Kies Construction • Client: Mediclinic • Contract value: R50-million • Start date: October 2017 • End date: August 2018 • Main contractor: Belo & Kies Construction • Architect: LVDW Architects

T he clinical section had to be constructed with extreme attention to detail to avoid any bacterial contamination once the hospital was operational and these areas included four theatres, two sterile set-ups, four scrub areas, a recovery area, a sterilisation area, CSSD, MEPD, a medical waste and collection area with cold room, a dirty utility area, a clean utility area, theatre staff change rooms, doctor and staff rest areas, a theatre receiving area, a mobile unit and X-ray area and a duty station. The non-clinical area consisted of an admissions area with public toilets and a waiting area, three wards which were interlinked with patient ablutions and showers, a medicine stock area, a duty station, The project consisted of 37 rooms which were divided into two main areas, the clinical and non-clinical areas. Being a hospital, the challenge was to not only adhere to the national building regulations, but to also comply with the Department of Health’s R158 for Day Hospitals, which meant that design drawings were to be adhered to with the utmost attention to strict tolerances. NEWCASTLE MEDICLINIC DAY CLINIC

• Quantity surveyor: Novis & Bernson • Consulting engineer: DHP Newcaste

equipment stores, linen stores, bed stores, staff rest areas, a staff kitchen, a receiving ward area and a specialised stock area. The building was also situated on the same property with a fully functional hospital as well as a psychiatric ward. The two aforementioned buildings were running off two existing transformers which were overloaded and the electrical design had to ensure that the newly constructed substation would be able to handle all three buildings when fully operational. This meant that once constructed, the existing hospital as well as the psychiatric ward’s power had to be changed over to the new substation without any disruption to services. The mechanical air handlers installed in the building had to ensure that the particle test count in the clinical areas strictly complied with the Department of Health’s R158. The medical gas system in both clinical and non- clinical areas had a zero tolerance towards the regulation as the system was split into oxygen, medical air and CO 2 . Despite all the challenges and regulations the project was completed successfully. 

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