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Case studies
Case study 1
FOR:
Pathology Laboratories, Kettering General Hospital
SPECIFIER:
Building Design Services, Corby, Northamptonshire
INSTALLER:
Mann Electrical Services, Northampton
As part of a major £1.1m refurbishment to the pathology
departments by Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust, Odyssey
Bio antimicrobial cable containment system was chosen to
enhance infection control measures within the sterile services
section of the hospital.
The project has involved the fitting of more than 400 linear
metres of Odyssey Bio in a phased 18 month programme of
works whilst the department remained up and running. The
project also used Odyssey’s coloured back boxes, in red, to
provide Part M compliance at a competitive cost and Marshall-
Tufflex also supplied Bench Trunking with Part M box
assemblies.
Jens Haugaard,
from Building Services Design, the Consulting
engineers for the refurbishment, chose Odyssey bio in the
research laboratories for these reasons: “Its new qualities were
appealing. I like the fact that the antimicrobial formula is integral
to the plastic so that, despite what happens to it, it will continue
to do its job. Additionally its curvature is easy to wipe clean.”
Bob Farmer
of Mann Electrical Services who installed the
products, is also happy with the performance of Odyssey Bio.
He said: “It looks good and the necessary specification changes
to the special bench trunking units were dealt with efficiently.”
Case study 2
FOR:
Selby Community Project
SPECIFIER:
DSSR
INSTALLER:
Airedale Mechanical & Electrical
An innovative project to co-locate a community hospital,
health clinic and civic centre into a shared new building in
Selby, North Yorkshire, made full use of the many benefits of
cable management solution Twin Plus.
The £22 million Selby Community Project was a joint venture
between the NHS North Yorkshire and York, and Selby
District Council to re-build the town’s War Memorial Hospital
and health clinic and provide new council offices at the same
time.
Twin Plus trunking proved the perfect choice for a number of
reasons, not least because it is available in standard and
antimicrobial versions, allowing consulting engineers DSSR
to specify standard Twin Plus into the council offices and the
antimicrobial Twin Plus Bio into the hospital, which includes
24 GP-led beds, a minor injuries unit, diagnostic facilities and
minor surgery suite. Overall, the trunking system was
installed in almost 65% of the project, the hospital side of
which has achieved a rating of 'excellent' against BREAAM,
the national environment assessment tool.
Mahesh Mehta,
executive electrical engineer for DSSR chose
Twin Plus for the following reasons, “Having the Twin Plus
profile available in the Bio antimicrobial version enabled us to
achieve a constant design aesthetic throughout the building
as well as making economic sense on such a large order. It
also meant the electrical contractor was required to install
just one profile throughout while still offering the really
valuable properties of an antimicrobial trunking system where
it mattered most. Infection control is a huge issue and Bio
Twin Plus supports cleaning regimes by continually working
24/7 in the fight against harmful bacteria.”