The Brief
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust were in need of additional CT Scanning Facilities for the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. The new facility needed to be temporary to provide homes for 2 new CT Scanners during a major refit to the Radiology Department. Once the permanent system are in place, the relocatable units can be used to provide additional scanning facilities elsewhere within the trust. Imaging Matters and Medular were approached by Canon Medical Systems to help develop a proposal.
| End User | Alliance Medical Leasing |
| Main Contractor | Imaging Matters |
| Construction Contract Value | £1m |
| Gross Internal Floor Area (GIFA) | 126m2 |
| Contract Award Date | November 2020 |
| Handover Date | March 2021 |
The Challenge
The proposed site was an area outside the main building used for locating temporary CT & MRI Trailers, but would need to make way to a new purpose built corridor and waiting area to provide connection into the radiology department. The development of these additional facilities could have been included as an offsite solution but as plans had already been developed, these were built using traditional methods of construction. Due to plans for future development, it was necessary to make the solution relocatable so it could be moved to another location in the future.
The Solution
Our team worked with Canon Medical Systems and the Trust to develop a solution which included 2 new Examination Rooms for the Canon Aquilion Prime & Prism CT Scanners, Control Rooms, Canulation Areas & Changing Rooms. The new buildings were placed on a purpose built concrete ring beam and integrated into the newly completed waiting area and link.
Our scope included the design, off-site manufacture and on-site construction works plus integrations into the new building.
