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| Ramboll, partners win ambitious project in Danish city  The contract for a new EUR 0.5 billion university hospital was signed by project partners C. F. Møller, Alectia and Ramboll. A new super hospital will create a completely new district in the Danish city of Køge, which has a population of just under 40,000 people.Køge University Hospital (USK) is an expansion of the existing Køge Hospital, which will be increased threefold to a total area of 177,000 m² over 3 to 11 floors. The hospital's various functions can be structured on a highly flexible basis, with good opportunities to support the regional administrator, Region Zealand's, vision of holistic patient care. Thinking far beyond traditional hospitals Project leader, Hans Kragh, has been in charge of the project bid for the visionary building project: "With a background in extensive interdisciplinary work, we have created a holistic project that integrates city and hospital, and thinks far beyond what one traditionally associates with a hospital. A central part of the hospital is healing environments where all patients from the wards can experience landscape views towards the west or in the direction of Køge Bay. The super hospital will make its mark as an integrated part of the landscape and also become work place of huge importance for the area". Commenting on the winning project proposal, Region Zealand said: "It is a visionary project, both in terms of architecture and functionality. There is a huge amount of flexibility in the organisation of hospital functions, which provides good opportunities to support our vision of coherent patient treatment." Innovative logistics solutions Technical installations such as electricity, HVAS, ventilation, fire prevention measures, etc. are traditionally centrally located in a hospital. But in USK they will be decentralised, and located adjacent to each room. This will make optimum use of the available building space, keeping the floors free for the primary clinical functions. This will also help to ensure the future proofing of the building, since it will be easier to adjust the functions, and related technical supplies, of each room. Mobile robots, or AGVs (automated guided vehicles), to transport meals, linen, medicine, used tableware, etc., and a pneumatic tube post system, will automate the internal logistics systems and release staff resources for the care and treatment of patients. The hospital is therefore designed to be a flexible response to future needs in terms of technology, treatment types and working methods, and will significantly improve the quality of patients' healthcare experience and the staff's working conditions. Clear and effective Due to the compactness of the building, there will be fewer corridors in the new hospital, and shorter distances for staff to walk. The relatively limited area required in relation to the building's size will make it possible to add new wings in all directions at a later time. Strong consultants behind the winning project The customer, Region Zealand, has appointed the consultancy group USK as lead consultant. USK comprises C.F. Møller as the lead architect as well as Alectia and Ramboll. Ramboll will be providing the chairman of the board in USK. The USK consultancy group has significant experience from similar projects such as The New University Hospital in Aarhus (DNU), the largest hospital in northern Europe, which is currently under construction. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |