Children’s Cardiac Catheterisation Unit & Orthopaedic Theatre
RPS Building Services team was appointed by Clancy Construction as Contractor’s Designer for the construction of the new Hybrid Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin.
The Cardiac Catheterisation Unit & Orthopaedic Theatre at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin (OLCHC) is the only fully equipped paediatric cardiology service on the island of Ireland to diagnose and treat children with heart defects.
The project was awarded an ACEI Design Excellence Award in 2017, Health Project of the Year and the overall prize Construction Project of the Year at the 2016 Irish Construction Industry Awards.
Key details
Project name
Hybrid Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory and Orthopaedic Theatre at Crumlin Hospital
Client
Clancy Construction
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Services provided
- Mechanical & Electrical Building Services
- Full air conditioning systems
- Heat recovery
- Orthopaedic theatre including ultra clean ventilation system
- Medical gas installation
- Full AV system
- Isolated power and UPS systems
- Thermal and Energy Modelling
- Energy efficient LED lighting and lighting controls
- Building Information Modelling level 2 (BIM)
Challenge
To deliver a best in class Cardiac Catheterisation Unit & Orthopaedic Theatre for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin.
The national importance of the project combined with the highly complex spatial limitations created an opportunity for innovative solutions and creative thinking.
Solution
This design-build project was delivered on time and within budget through the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) by an interdisciplinary project team with RPS serving as Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Engineer.
The M&E design was carried out in a Federated BIM Level 2 model. The project consisted of a three storey development with an undercroft area for car parking, a hybrid catheterisation lab and orthopaedic theatre including an ultra clean ventilation system and all ancillary spaces. The third floor is an internal plantroom containing all the plant items necessary to serve the building. Both the lab and the orthopaedic theatre are served by individual air handling units complete with HEPA filtration and heat recovery to provide ultra clean air and energy efficiency for areas with high air change rates. All life critical electrical systems are backed up with UPS and IPS as required for medically used rooms.
A link bridge was constructed to link the new facility with the existing theatre block. Careful planning was required to achieve the tie-ins to the existing services to ensure any down time to life critical systems was minimised. Backup systems were put in place to ensure continuity of service in critical care areas at all times during construction.
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