Healthcare
Working with clients to build healthcare environments
With 150 years’ experience working in the healthcare sector, McLaughlin & Harvey is proud of the breadth and scope of the projects it has undertaken.
From the completion of our first project in 1875, a three-storey Hospital for Skin Diseases in Belfast (subsequently destroyed in the Blitz in 1941), to the building of an £84m Critical Care Facility and Helipad at King’s College Hospital, London, our team has a long history of delivering exceptional healthcare facilities.
Whilst we have worked in collaboration with the National Health Service (NHS) since its inception in 1948, many of our projects pre-date the NHS and include the Belfast Maternity Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital in Armagh where the original floor springs in the entrance hall are still fitted with brass cover plated inscribed “McLaughlin & Harvey.”
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We work with clients to build healthcare environments – in a sustainable and considerate way – to enhance patient and staff experiences. We place collaboration, commitment and care at the forefront of everything we do.
For us, it’s about unlocking potential – in our people, processes and projects. Read some of our case studies from recent healthcare projects that highlight this approach.
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We Commit
McLaughlin & Harvey's agility and adaptability when working in live healthcare environments.
We Commit
McLaughlin & Harvey's agility and adaptability when working in live healthcare environments.
We Care
A commitment to people and the environment in our healthcare projects.
We Care
A commitment to people and the environment in our healthcare projects.
Featured Healthcare Project
Constructing a Unique Cross-Border Radiotherapy Unit at Altnagelvin
We worked with Western Health and Social Care Trust on the construction of a unique cross-border radiology services to improve travel times and offer locally accessible services to patients.
The project, which took place on a live hospital site, included treatment rooms, radiology diagnostic facilities, offices, respite care, wards and isolation suites along with the refurbishment of the existing chemotherapy suite.
Full case study
Featured Healthcare Project
Critical Care Construction at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Our hospital construction specialists worked with Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to develop a 12-storey critical care building which included critical care wards, isolation suites, a 48-bed maternity unit along with diagnostic, emergency and staff facilities.
Constructing such a significant facility on a live hospital campus brought with it significant challenges in infection prevention and logistics.
Full case study
FAQs
How do healthcare construction projects differ from commercial construction projects?
Our healthcare construction team is frequently faced with challenges which are not as prevalent in other commercial construction sectors.
In hospital construction projects, we’re often working within live hospital sites, often in close proximity to patients and visitors at some of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Our team is always sensitive to this and working practices are amended accordingly.
This could include ensuring that deliveries and site movements are minimised during busy visiting periods or minimising noise wherever possible.
How can healthcare construction specialists ensure minimal delays?
NHS trusts are facing increasing pressure regarding waiting lists. Our team must go over and above to ensure any delays in construction work don’t add to this pressure.
This agility and commitment is highlighted by the challenges faced on the £21.5m redevelopment of the 5th floor Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 3rd floor Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, which completed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our healthcare construction experts were faced with unique challenges alongside increasing pressure to complete the construction to meet patient needs.
How do we ensure Health Building Notes (HBNs) and Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs) compliance?
Our healthcare construction experience means that our team is fully compliant with HB Ns and HTMs at every stage of a project, from design through to construction and handover.
We’re specialists in hospital construction and redevelopment and ensure that healthcare buildings meet layout, patient flow, infection control, privacy, and dignity needs while also remaining future proofed for changing clinical environments.
What is the benefit of working with a Procure23 healthcare construction partner?
As a healthcare construction partner with more than 150 years of experience in the sector, our expert teams are compliant with the requirements of the Procure23 procurement framework.
This framework provides NHS trusts a fast-track route to procure specialist healthcare design and construction services across England.
Contract Wins
Pagabo healthcare decarbonisation framework appointment
McLaughlin & Harvey has been named as a supplier on the new £1.6bn Pagabo healthcare decarbonisation framework.
Project Milestones
Ayrshire Hospice reaches topping out of new home
The Ayrshire Hospice has reached a significant milestone as topping out was achieved on-site last week with the completion of the steel superstructure.
Project Milestones
Breaking ground at Braintree CDC
McLaughlin & Harvey broke ground at Braintree’s Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC).