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AECOM Global Building Engineering
St James University Hospital, New Oncology Wing
Leeds, UK
Project outline
A 66,500m², 12 storey new Cancer Centre of Excellence comprising treatment and research facilities, laboratory, ward and hotel accommodation.
The building is constructed on a sloping site located between two existing hospital buildings. The main facility includes the provision of 12 Linear Accelerator Treatment rooms and associated diagnostic suites.
Procured as a PFI project the team brought together provided an established winning partnership with SPV and Architect.
Clinical and patient facilities include 12 Linear accelerator chambers; 15 MV and 25 MV chambers; Simulator rooms; Diagnostic and treatment facilities; Haematology facilities; Ward accommodation with on-suite bathrooms; Histo-pathology laboratory services; Radioactive waste storage; Asceptic and Radio Pharmacy facilities; Solvent stores; HDU/ICU; Operating theatres; MRI and PET Scanner Suites; Blood Bank; Teaching Facilities; Hotel accommodation; Catering / dining facility; Adaptable and flexible accommodation; Option to include cyclotron; multi storey parking facility for 1750cars; Ambulance drop off and parking; Entrance plaza And atrium
Contract value
£120m
Key features
- Constrained city centre operational site
- Located on existing hospital site
- Phased / sequenced development
- Major services diversion enabling works
- Radiation shielding (Normal weight concrete, magnetite concrete, steel plate)
- Radioactive waste disposal
- Specialist radiation protection advice
- Shielded rooms
- Tunnel links to adjoining hospital buildings
- Bridge link to adjoining hospital building
- Permanent contiguous bored pile wall
- Concrete frame construction
- Raft foundation
- In raft stainless steel drainage system
- Modular cladding system
- Roof mounted window cleaning cradle runway
- Absorption chillers maximising available site steam facilities and CHP
- Active chilled beam ventilation to wards/clinical areas
- Air conditioned specialist areas
- Access to radiation protection advisers