THE BERMUDA SUN
CONSTRUCTION: a special advertising section
April 11, 2014
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New Acute Wing moves rapidly towards completion Submitted by Bermuda Hospitals Board Works on site are moving forward rapidly with most areas now in the final finishing stages. Now that protection is being removed and areas cleaned and access controlled you can see that what has been a building site for the past three years is finally revealing itself as the highquality hospital facility that Bermuda deserves. Completion of an induction programme, where the importance of infection control and other health and safety matters are addressed, is necessary to work on the site. To date 2,171 people have been inducted and 559 re-inducted after being on site more than a year. Well over two million hours have now been worked. Many of the recent inductions have been for cleaners to keep the completed areas clean and for specialist start-up engineers who are onsite for short durations to ensure the mechanical and electrical plant items are operating correctly prior to commissioning each system. Significant milestones: March n The sewage treatment plant is now receiving all waste water from the existing facility. n The data centre has achieved its early handover date and is linked to the data centre in the existing facility. n Two of the three chillers are now operational. n Level 1 & 2 Continuing Care Unit corridors in the existing General Wing have been closed to allow the connection works to be completed. n All seven elevators are now operational. What’s happening inside n Floor finishes are nearing completion. n Partitions are nearing completion. n Ceiling and light fixture installations are underway in completed areas and much of the permanent lighting is now operational. n Final fixtures and fittings are being installed to completed areas. n Final coats of paint and accent colours are being applied.
n Completed areas are being cleaned, protection removed and cordoned off as restricted-entry zones, to protect final finishes and allow testing of air conditioning and heating units. Restricted-entry areas n The Emergency department and Diagnostic Imaging on the ground floor; n Dialysis and Oncology departments on the first floor; n Outpatient Services department on the second floor; n The third floor turquoise ward and fourth floor blue ward. n Data Centre achieved its early handover date successfully on March 12 and is now available to BHB’s IT department for connectivity checks. Works to the associated data rooms on each floor are moving forward rapidly and BTC have commenced their installation of new telephone and data infrastructure. n The atrium has been cleared of all scaffolds and the terrazzo floor installed. n Works within the main entrance and link connections at all floor levels have moved forward significantly in the last month with final floor and wall finishes being installed. The final look and feel of the main entrance can now be seen and felt. What’s happening outside n The connecting bridge from the New Acute Care Wing to the existing KEMH is complete, with the external and internal finishes underway. n Curbs and block pavers for the main entrance footpath are complete and tarmacadam has commenced to the main entrance exit roadway and the new car park. n Stone cladding and EIFS work on the face of the building is nearing completion. n Bermuda stone wall work is nearing completion: n along the ramps for the physically challenged, leading to the main entrance; n near the south car park. n Curbs delineating parking areas in south car park are well advanced. n Planting is ongoing to landscaped areas. n
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Above: Stonemasons build Bermuda stone walls for the entrance way ramps to the new Acute Care Wing. Below: The interior of the main entrance to the new Acute Care Wing.
General Contracting Ltd. Tony Cabral • Cell 704-8475 • Office 236-2843 Ricky Cabral • Cell 704-9682 cabralsgc@logic.bm
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ALMOST THERE: The exterior of the main entrance to the new Acute Care Wing.
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