Project overview
As a result of increased Coronavirus cases in the Cambridgeshire region in late 2020, Addenbrooke’s Hospital made the decision to expand their capacity with a new regional Surge Centre and three Nightingale Wards.
SDC was employed to carry out the design and construction of the separate single storey isolation wards and the 60-bed Regional Surge facility.
The project was centered around ensuring a rapid completion, with the two Nightingale units handed over ahead of the Regional Surge Centre, which completed in March 2022. SDC was appointed from the outset of the project, at initial concept stage, to work collaboratively with Cambridge University Hospital Trust, the Employer’s Agent, Project Manager and Project Quantity Surveyor.
SDC also worked closely with the client’s directly employed Modular Contractor, ESS Modular. SDC’s scope of work includes all design work, from initial briefing through to the construction stage. This included close liaison with the Modular Contractor, and the client’s M&E compliance teams, to ensure project expectations were aligned during the design stage.
Once on site, SDC’s work comprised site clearances, demolition, drainage, incoming M&E services, foundations, external works (including new canopies), and a new tunnel formed to connect to the underground network into Addenbrookes Hospital.
SDC also added a newly created silent sheet piled concrete basement, fully fitted out with finishings and services, as well as all new build external plant buildings to support the new facilities. The three new buildings are constructed from modular units.
A significant amount of liaison with ESS Modular and management within the SDC team took place to ensure that the site was ready and available to accept the modular units when they were placed into position. SDC planned to ensure all services entering the building coordinated with the off-site manufacturing, along with the integration of the external works activities with the site activities in a safe manner.
Due to the sensitive location of the scheme, noisy works and traffic movements were under constant review to ensure minimal disruption to members of the public and hospital staff.
This meant that strategies were put in place for logistics, diversions of critical care services, road closures, and hospital staff and patient’s footpath diversions adjacent to the A&E department. After finishing the extensive remodelling work, SDC refreshed the S-Block garden quadrant and provided a new summerhouse to create a relaxing breakout area for patients to enjoy during the warmer months.
Project team
Adam Knaggs
Managing Director
Adam joined SDC in 1995 as a Site Engineer. His position as Managing Director involves contributing to the day-to-day running of the business, setting the strategy for projects, and supporting all departments. Adam’s active approach to problem solving has been a defining trait of his career, as recognised by the Institution of Civil Engineers who honoured him with their Site Engineer of the Year Award 1999, in which he was praised for designing his own shuttering system.
Andrew Shiner
Director
Andy joined SDC as a Site Agent and rose through the ranks to Project Director, before taking on his current role as Board Director in 2020. The experience he gained in all three professions will undoubtedly assist him in leading this scheme. On a previous project for NIAB in Cambridge, Andy’s team were responsible for SDC’s highest Considerate Constructors’ score to date (90 out of 100) and a Runner’s Up Prize at the CCS National Awards in 2019.
Andrew Mitchell
Director
Andrew is a senior member of staff who holds the role of Director/Company Secretary. He joined SDC in 1994, and had therefore been with the company for almost thirty years. He plays a key role in ensuring that board procedures are both followed and regularly reviewed. The Chairman and Board Directors will look to the Company Secretary for guidance as to what their responsibilities are under the rules and regulations to which they are subject, and on how these responsibilities should be discharged.
Francis Shiner
Chairman
Since joining the company in 1983, Francis has assumed various roles, from Chief Surveyor to managing Director, ultimately assuming the position of Chairman in 2021.
Dan Changer
Director
Dan studied Architecture at the University of Cambridge and worked as a chartered Architect before joining SDC in 2010. Joining as a Design Coordinator, Dan then opted to work as a Contracts Manager, receiving a promotion to Project Manager before his appointment to the Board of Directors in 2020. His duties and responsibilities include setting the overall strategy for the project, as well as leading the project team and ensuring the scheme is delivered within the client’s time, quality and budget constraints. Dan’s client-focused attitude and collaborative problem-solving approach will be crucial to the scheme’s successful delivery.
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