Greater Peterborough Health Investment Plan
(United Kingdom)
Customer Profile
The Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major Healthcare provider in eastern England.
As for many other Trusts in UK, they were challenged to replace old hospitals from the Victorian era with new facilities adapted to 21st century requirements. At the same time, cities have grown as well, limiting available size. As for such projects, the construction plan is to build the new buildings, move in, and demolish the old ones.
Customer objectives
This was the scenario facing the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust when it awarded a £340M contract to the PFI* consortium, Progress Health led by Multiplex (now Brookfield) as the main contractor, to deliver the Greater Peterborough Health Investment Plan, and operate it.
The project will deliver three state-of-the-art healthcare buildings for three individual trusts as part of one project:
• a new 84,500 square-meter acute hospital (Peterborough City hospital) for the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with 762 beds, 22 theatres, and a multi-story car park
• an 40-bed integrated primary care centre at The City Care Centre for NHS Peterborough
• and a 102-bed mental health unit at The Cavell Centre for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
As Angela Broekhuizen, Project Director, states, "The project is unique in that it includes the whole healthcare economy and the plan is to provide world class buildings from which world class services can be delivered to patients and service users."
* PFI or Private Finance Initiative is a way to finance public infrastructures through Public Private Partnership (PPP). The public entity looks for private partners able to build and finance the project, and then lease it back to them for long term contract, to pay them back.
Customer benefits
Schneider Electric's early involvement in the project helped to reduce project risks and comply with the initial targets for budget, time, and performance.
For the NHS -
• The project was completed 3 months early, allowing the Trust to move patients into the buildings 3 months earlier than expected
• Safe and more efficient buildings, designed to complement new and emerging treatments and approaches
• An open, integrated system, that is scalable and flexible that can evolve in-line with the medical services being provided
For the contractor, Multiplex/Brookfield -
• One point of contact for all the low current systems was instrumental in reducing the risks of the project, especially in integration phase.
• Pre-fabricated and tested bricks improved project efficiency and saved time and money. For instance, integration of the control equipment for the air-handling units took place at the Barkell's AHU manufacturing site. This enabled parallel work and delivery of fully equipped, pre-tested AHUs to the hospital sites.
Customer testimonies(Verbatim)
Multiplex/Brookfield and the NHS Trust were delighted by the early delivery, enabling the Trust to start operations 3 months earlier than initially planned.
Upon Project completion, Mike Sharples, Peterborough Hospital Project Director, Brookfield Construction (UK) Ltd stated, "I am delighted to confirm that the Acute Hospital achieved PC today. Completion today is 3 months earlier than the original contract. Achieving this significant milestone results from the fantastic effort by everyone involved. This project is a great example of what can be achieved when everyone commits to working together in a collaborative way. Our client Progress Health and the Trust are thrilled to be taking over a building that is of such a high quality. Credit for this goes to everyone but particularly your supervisors and labour. Please pass on our thanks for a job well done to all of those involved. Thank you."
Implementation Methodology
2006 -2007: Schneider Electric and Multiplex create a partnership to develop the scope of work into a detailed design, and the contract awarded to Schneider Electric
December 2008: Mental Health Unit at The Cavell Centre (Phase 1) and a 900-space multi-story car park are completed
2009: Completion of the Cavell Centre (Phase 2) and the City Care Centre
June 2010: Completion of the Peterborough City Hospital
Duration
Total Project Duration was 4 years: 2006 to 2010
Schneider Electric differentiating values VS competitors
Understanding the particular requirements of this project and adding value by introducing and demonstrating a new approach, including:
- Early project phases involvement, through Design Phase Partnership.
- One point of contact to the main contractor and the end/users for a large scope of work (all the low current systems, including TV/FM distribution system, paging...)
- Building win-win partnerships with key others key players, like Static Systems Group PLC and Barkell Ltd.
- An open system, flexible and scaleable, easy to integrate with
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