The newest addition to the Southern General Maternity Unit, the Neonatal Unit, is a major new three-storey extension built alongside the existing maternity building. This brings together, for the first time in Glasgow, neonatal medical and surgical intensive care services which are currently provided in The Queen Mother’s Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children – due to close late 2009/early 2010.

The new three-storey building for the Obstetrics, Neonatal and Foetal Medicine provides 11 additional 4 and 6 cot wards, additional offices for Consultants, Doctors and nursing staff, along with ancillary and storage areas to complement Southern General Hospital’s existing maternity facilities.

The 5,300m2, approx £280,000,000 project was completed 3 months ahead of schedule and therefore allowed the NHS Trust to award Balfour Beatty Construction, the main contractor, a variation of infilling and refurbishing a section of an adjoining building, so that existing contract and variation were completed by the original contract hand over date.

Acoustic vinyl floor covering was installed to the 4 and 6 cot wards in order to minimise the noise from any personnel entering the rooms. Due to its fast track nature, the concrete slab floor had to be sealed with a roller applied damp proof membrane (DPM) to permit floor coverings to be installed. Harndec, using their technical knowledge and their key manufacturing contacts, assisted in the optimum specification for the project.

The Neonatal unit for Southern General adds to Harndec’s proven track record in the successful and early completion of projects for Balfour Beatty, following on from the New Victoria Hospital in Glasgow earlier in the year, and our ongoing expertise in healthcare.

The Neonatal Unit has now welcomed its first new arrivals! The Herald has published an uplifting story about the history-making new arrivals, however due to copyright issues we cannot publish the article on our site but you can follow the link to read more…….

www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/first-arrivals-at-28m-maternity-unit-1.991127