New Intensive Therapy Unit at St George’s Hospital in Tooting approved
On Wednesday 21st August 2024 plans for a new Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) and electrical substation at St George’s Hospital in Tooting were approved by Wandsworth Council’s planning committee. Due to the urgency at which this new facility is required, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust felt that making an application would unacceptably delay the project, increase hospital wait times and put patients at risk. Therefore, the project progressed prior to obtaining approval from the local planning authority.
The new ITU unit will help the hospital to meet growing demand and double the capacity for general intensive care services. The designs were developed and drawn up by Floyd Slaski Architects, which sees the new ITU adjoining the hospital’s existing Atkinson Morley Wing. The new ITU is being constructed in one of the staff car parks. Once completed the building will comprise of 20 new intensive care bed spaces, isolation rooms and singular rooms with staff support areas, offices, changing facilities and teaching and seminar spaces. Due to the live nature of the site, special consideration has been given to minimise the impact of the works on existing services and care at the hospital, which includes neurosurgery, MRI scanning and cardiovascular surgery.
As an integral part of the main design team, Create were appointed to cover multiple disciplines including Acoustics, Air Quality, Flood Risk, Geotechnical, Transport, Energy and Sustainability and Structures. By working together over the past few years, we have provided a range of specialist services and technical advice, providing input into the feasibility, planning, design and construction stages.
As of today, our multidisciplinary team have completed or have been appointed to provide the following services:
Site Feasibility and Pre-Planning
- Background Noise and Vibration Monitoring
- Noise and Vibration feasibility study for piling and ground compaction adjacent to the most sensitive wards
- Piling Vibration Assessment
- Site Development Statement
- BREEAM AP – Concept Design
Planning Application Submission
- Acoustic Design Criteria to HTM 08-01
- Noise Impact Assessment (including Hea 05 and Pol 05)
- Energy Statement
- Sustainability Statement
- BREEAM
- BREEAM Pre-Assessment
- Hea 04 Thermal Comfort Assessment
- Mat 01 Lifecycle Assessment
- Ene 01 Energy Performance
- Ene 01 Prediction of Operational Energy Consumption
- Ene 04 Low and Zero Carbon Feasibility Study
- Overheating Risk Assessment
- Daylight & Sunlight Assessment
- Air Quality Assessment
- Indoor Air Quality Assessment
- Framework Travel Plan
- Transport Statement
- Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy for main ITU building
- Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy for substation
- Phase 1 Contaminated Land Assessment for main ITU building
- Phase 1 Contaminated Land Assessment for substation
Detailed Design Stage
- BREEAM Mat 01 Life Cycle Assessment
- Detailed Plant Noise Emissions and Acoustic Modelling
- Supplementary Energy Statement
- Vehicle Tracking
- Detailed Drainage Design for substation
- Substation Validation Sampling
- Retaining Wall Designs
- VIE Structural Enlargement Designs
- Slab designs for VIE storage vessels
Construction
- BREEAM AP – Construction Stage
- Dust Risk Assessment
- Construction Noise & Vibration Assessment
- Construction Noise, Vibration & Dust Monitoring
Handover
- Acoustic Commissioning
- BREEAM Man 05 Post Occupancy Evaluation
“This outcome is a direct result of the work completed by our fantastic project team, who have worked tirelessly over a number of years to ensure a robust application was pulled together for planning.”
Idris Tairu, Senior Project Manager, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
With unanimous approval now granted, a Section 106 will now be agreed and signed. The ITU is expected to be operational by summer 2025.
