The hospital’s design is based entirely on its clinical and functional requirements. Location and design of various care functions were determined based on the need for integration and flow and tailored for the activity that would be carried out – everything from the size and location of the room to the ease of cleaning and colour scheme.
Prototypes were created for outpatient clinic rooms, inpatient rooms, operating rooms laboratory medicine, radiology/imaging and radiotherapy – each optimised for its own function.
We also made use of prefabricated modules – reducing the number of deliveries during construction. Producing the modules in a secure factory environment ensured a higher quality end-product than on-site production. As an example, the sanitary rooms were completely prefabricated, delivered to site in sealed boxes, lifted smoothly into place, then simply ‘plug and play’.
The finished hospital covers 330,000sqm, with 8,000 rooms, 730 in-patient beds and 100 daycare rooms. It also features eight radiation treatment bunkers and dedicated clinical research labs covering 40,000sqm. It operates with 100% renewable electricity and uses biofuels and geo energy for the heating and cooling systems.
Tonsberg Project Norway
Norway’s Tonsberg project expanded Vestfold Hospital to include new somatic and psychiatric care buildings. A joint venture between the CURA group, Skanska UK and Skanska Norway, Skanska’s delivery team combined the UK’s extensive hospital experience with Norway’s local knowledge and expertise.
