27 September 2011
Building Contract signed for BRI Redevelopment
Today University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation
Trust (UH Bristol) and construction company Laing O'Rourke have
signed a contract for the redevelopment of the Bristol Royal
Infirmary (BRI) and the extension to the Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children (BRHC).
The Board of UH Bristol approved the full business case
for the £80 million redevelopment of the BRI in April. The
redevelopment will consist of a new ward block built on the Terrell
Street site behind the BRI, refurbishment of the Queen's building,
the conversion of wards in the King Edward building and the
retirement of the Old Building, which still houses Nightingale
inpatient wards.
At the end of February, the Board agreed the business case
to centralise specialist children's services at the Children's
Hospital. Paediatric burns, orthopaedics, plastic surgery and
neurosciences services are due to move from Frenchay Hospital in
2014. Services will be housed in an extension to the Children's
Hospital which will link to the new ward block for the
BRI.
Robert Woolley, Chief Executive of University Hospitals
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"We have worked on this redevelopment for many years and
we are delighted to be signing the building contract today with
Laing O'Rourke. We are redeveloping our hospitals to improve the
hospital environment for our patients and our staff and the new
facilities will enable us to transform the ways in which services
are delivered to patients."
Scott Palmer, Regional Business Unit Leader for Laing
O'Rourke, said: "We are very pleased to be signing the contract
with UH Bristol today. Our two organisations have previously worked
extremely well together on projects including the Bristol Heart
Institute and we look forward to continuing that relationship on
this project."
Dr Mike Nevin, Chairman of the BRI Redevelopment Board and
Head of the Division of Surgery, Head and Neck, said: "The Building
a Better Bristol programme will enable the Trust to offer the
highest standards of clinical care to the people of Bristol. We
will be offering 21st century models of care for
medicine and surgery in state-of-the-art buildings that are fit for
purpose."
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