Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Major infrastructure works for District General Hospital.
This £200m project at Little France situated on the outskirts of Edinburgh comprised of a new hospital block (approx. 120,000m²) with 27 operating theatres, five of which are ultra clean, 897 beds, maternity unit, HSDU and hospital laboratory block and also included the University of Edinburgh Medical School comprising approximately 11,000m² of combined laboratory and academic accommodation.
The services installations include 28MW output dual fuel MTHW boiler plant, 1MW (electrical) gas fired
The medium temperature hot water (MTHW) for the site is generated centrally via 4No. high efficiency dual fuel fully modulating 3-pass boilers supplemented by heat injection from a gas fired
The project broke new ground in the UK construction industry being one of the first large PFI projects and during the construction phase it was the largest construction site in Europe.