SISK SET TO DELIVER CHILDREN’S CANCER CENTRE AT GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL
SISK SET TO DELIVER CHILDREN’S CANCER CENTRE AT GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL
Sisk has been appointed to deliver a state-of-the-art Children’s Cancer Centre (CCC) at the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) in central London.
The development is being supported by Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity (GOSH Charity) who are in the midst of the biggest and most ambitious fundraising appeal in their history. The Build it. Beat it. appeal aims to raise £300 million to help build the CCC, deliver transformation in cancer care, advance research and save lives.
The project will deliver a new clinical building on Great Ormond Street, as well as a new front entrance and welcome area for entire hospital. At just under 19,000 metres squared, the building will provide a high-quality environment consistent with the hospital’s world-renowned paediatric care and research activities.
During the construction phase, Sisk will employ over 500 people on site, hiring 37 apprentices and creating over 20 work placements for local students.
Sisk have digitally built the project in 4D before beginning on site and it is fully Building Safety Act (BSA) compliant, the first hospital in UK to go through the BSA process.
GOSH’s cancer services will move out of some of its oldest buildings and be located together, across four floors, in a larger cohesive centre helping clinicians to deliver the best treatment, and to develop new ways to treat cancer, which are more effective and have fewer side effects, in a child-focused environment.
The hospital is also using the opportunity to improve other services that are essential to the delivery of the cancer care pathway and other specialities. With a new entrance, reception area and outside spaces, a new larger hospital school and theatre, imaging and critical care services, the centre will benefit every child who comes to GOSH.
Construction is forecast to be complete in late 2028.
Ger Hayes, Managing Director, Sisk said: “It’s an incredible honour to be entrusted with building the new Children’s Cancer Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital. We’re making significant progress in the healthcare sector both in Ireland and the UK and we fully appreciate that Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s healthcare providers. As a family-owned business, we take immense pride in creating lasting legacies within the communities we serve and we are fully motivated to deliver a best-in-class cancer centre for GOSH and the families they support.”
Mat Shaw, Chief Executive of GOSH said: “I am delighted that we are now in contract with Sisk and building work on our fantastic new Children’s Cancer Centre is underway. Reflecting our ambition to put the child first and always, the CCC will help our staff be their best and enable children to play, learn and be with their families even while at hospital.”
GOSH and Sisk are working hard to limit the impacts of the development on the local community and families who are coming to the hospital. Sisk are using a range of different methods to limit the transmission of dust, noise and vibrations. This includes wrapping the frontage building in sheeting and carefully dismantling it section by section, with waste materials contained before being removed from the site to be recycled or reused.
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Michael McDonnell Managing Editor of Irish Construction Industry Magazine & Plan Magazine
Email: michael@irishconstruction.com WWW.MCDMEDIA.IE
