Royal Victoria Hospital New Imaging Centre
Project Introduction
Scott Wilson was commissioned as an integrated design team for
the £22m New Imaging Centre for the Royal Group of Hospitals
Trust.
Project Background
The seven-storey main structure is a piled, reinforced concrete
frame with flat slab and includes a three-storey, steel-framed
glazed atrium.
The basement service corridor, also in reinforced concrete, was
constructed within 2m of the existing fully operational
seven-storey A-Block building and required a mixture of steel sheet
piling and contiguous concrete piles as temporary
supports.
Project Scope
The Glazed Street (originally seven storeys but with provision
for extension to ten storeys during phase 2B construction) is steel
framed with in-situ concrete floor slabs. Stability to the Street
is provided by tying it to the main structure of the building. Fire
resistance of the circular hollow section columns to the Street was
aided with the inclusion of a concrete infill.
Value Adding Project Achievements
This prestigious project saw the innovative construction of a
state of the art Imaging Suite housing Radiology, Nuclear Medicine,
Fluoroscopy, Cardiology, Interventional, Ultrasound and Cyclotron
departments. The Imaging Centre is a stand alone structure located
between Block A and the existing Cardiac Theatres on the Royal
Victoria Hospital Site.
