Artist’s impression of the new hospital extension
BAM Construction is extending and refurbishing the general intensive care unit at University Hospital Southampton, 46 years after it built the original hospital.
BAM, whose parent company Royal BAM Group is 150 years old this year, built the east wing, centre block and south block at the hospital under what was then Higgs and Hill.
How the hospital appeared after its construction in 1973 (Image: BAM Construction)
It has revealed old photographs of the original works to celebrate its return to the site. Since building its first hospital in London in 1875, BAM has built more than 400 hospital schemes around the UK.
Speaking about the work, which is now underway, BAM’s project manager Matt Crookes, who last year won a Construction Manager of the Year award, said: “How things have changed in the 45 years since we created the original buildings. We now have tools like virtual reality, drones, robotics, and a sophisticated computer modelling technology that allows us to work collaboratively with our clients, designers and sub-contractors.
How the hospital appeared after its construction in 1973 (Image: BAM Construction)
“Safety is immeasurably better, and we control and measure our environmental impact so that we build as sustainably as possible. People on site have much better lives and there is a real diversity of talent in our industry.”
The new intensive care works will be complete in spring 2021.
