Dowds was the main contractor of this project, transforming a former Level 2 Endoscopy department into the now opened Regional Plastic Surgery Service for Northern Ireland.
It was stripped back to a bare shell with all internal walls removed and transformed into a new Main Theatre, Anesthetic Room, 2 Prep Lay-up rooms, Recovery, Nurse Base, Minor Operations Room, Procedure Room, 2 Dirty Utility rooms, patient WC’s/changing rooms and a welcoming reception/waiting area with all new Electrical, Mechanical, Ventilation and Medical gas installations, including a fully integrated theatre control panel – the first of its kind in Northern Ireland.
On level 3, a new Electrical switchroom was created, a new Air Handling Unit was installed on the external roof deck, and associated pipework was carried out within the Level 3 plantroom.
The creation of this vital rehabilitation facility was announced in September 2020 and had the dual challenge of being delivered by the 4th December 2020, and on the site of a live working hospital.
Our Delivery and Design teams understood how vital this project was for Northern Ireland during the pandemic.
