The £100m University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre development, designed by Arup and Hopkins Architects, will open next year, with a unique PETMR scanner.
Designed to make maximum use of natural light, the new specialist cancer centre development incorporates several best practice model guidelines taken from around the world. It will offer patients, their families and carers a range of holistic, patient-focused therapeutic and specialist services. It also contains the UK’s first PETMR scanner, one of only a few worldwide.
Construction of the Cancer Centre, which will open to patients from April 2012, began in phases from 2008. The 15,000m2 centre has been specially adapted for rapid diagnosis and will also offer outpatient consultation, treatment facilities, respite support areas and daytime accommodation for patients in addition to an aseptic suite, imaging, consulting and facilities for phlebotomy.
Arup Associate Director, Mike Booth, said:
“The Cancer Centre will offer patients excellent support facilities and surroundings whilst they undertake treatment. We have a track record for successfully delivering integrated, multi disciplinary, cost effective and complex healthcare projects across public and private sectors. One of the key priorities was to provide a financially viable facility that could also easily achieve an excellent BREEAM® rating.
The overall structure and design of the centre was supported throughout with CAD modelling. The full scope of works Arup provided include: structural, mechanical, electrical, public health, acoustics, fire engineering, sustainability, and specialist lighting.
Arup also provided advice around transport facilities from ambulance drop off points to cycling and disabled car parking arrangements.