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Minehead Community Hospital
May 2009
The project has been developed through the NHS ProCure 21 process and will be the third community hospital that DKA have delivered with Laing O’Rourke for Somerset PCT.
Construction work has now started on the new Minehead Community Hospital. DKA have been working with Laing O’Rourke since 2007 to deliver this much needed new facility for Somerset PCT, which is the second of a series of new community healthcare facilities being provided under the NHS ProCure 21 procurement process. It will include a 20 bed inpatients department, MIU, outpatients, diagnostic, mental health, FM, day surgery, administration and therapies. The project forms part of the New Horizons master plan, which will eventually provide new homes, a leisure centre and new facilities for the West Somerset College.
Brislington Enterprise College
January 2010
DKA have been working closely with Skanska Construction on a BSF project for the past number of months. The scheme involved the refurbishment of an existing City Learning Centre, at Brislington Enterprise College in Bristol, to provide an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) unit for approximately 24 pupils. Building and designing for children with special educational needs within the fabric of an existing building raised some interesting challenges for the team, all of which needed to be overcome within the demanding program. The recent completion of the project has resulted in the successful hand-over of the ASD Unit prior to the return of pupils after the Easter holiday break.
Bridge Learning Campus
November 2009
Colourful imaginations have been at work to produce the latest addition to a severe learning difficulty facility within the Bridge Learning Campus site. The new rainbow coloured walkway has been designed to allow sheltered transition between classrooms and play areas. The simplistic appearance of the walkway belies the complex environmental factors that had to be considered during the design phase. Free air movement to the naturally ventilated classrooms to which it adjoins was a major design factor as well as optimizing the amount of natural light that could be transferred through the walkway into both the transition zone and the adjoining classrooms. The scope of work extended to the refurbishment/alteration of a number of facilities spread over two teaching blocks.
Chelston Gardens
October 2009
Chelston Gardens is a new private 50 bed Elderly Mentally Infirm Nursing Unit, complete with ancillary spaces and catering facilities at Wellington in Somerset. The 2 storey building has been planned in a ‘U’ shape to enclose a landscaped secure garden. The new building was detailed in a modern way but sympathetic to the feel of the original building. The external walls are predominantly rendered with colour-coated aluminium ‘composite’ windows and doors which have a natural timber finish inside. Areas of timber boarding were used with a large oak-framed ‘loggia’ to soften the tone of the building. The construction was traditional load-bearing masonry with timber roof trusses.
Energy Skills Centre – Bridgwater College
2008
DKA have been working with Bridgwater College and Kier Western since early 2008 to design a new Energy Skills Centre for the main college campus. The building will provide unique training facilities to support the local energy industry as well as new workshops, science labs and engineering classrooms for existing college departments.
The building has just been granted planning consent and work started in Autumn 2009. The College have set high requirements for sustainability and the building is on target for an 'Excellent' rating under BREEAM Education 2008. The building utilises on-site renewable energy as a teaching resource for students and visiting training delegates. The Energy Skills Centre is programmed for completion in 2010.
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