Construction PM St Bartholomews Hospital City of London 1.2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Construction PM St Bartholomew’s Hospital City of London

 £1.2 billion PFI given the go ahead January

2006

 Complete re-development of Royal London

& St Bartholomew’s hospitals

 Barts - 10 year programme over 3 Phases  Start Date 24/04/2006 – Finish date

29/02/2016

 Trust picks up the costs for:

• Buildings completely empty
• Free from clinical contamination
• Archaeology
• Asbestos
• Contaminated soil

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Fixed contractual dates for Vacant Possession

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Circa £900k per week delay costs

 Radium Bore Hole  Buried Radium Benches

These were both located within the basement area of our Out-Patient Department, due to be demolished in Phase 3 - October 2014. The basement area housed our entire Medical Records department, some 7500 linear meters of records and approximately 25 staff.

In the mid 1980s an ex member of staff, who was in his late eighties, reported to our RPA that during the mid 1930s they had buried some Radium contaminated (benches/tables) in the basement area of the OPD. He provided a hand drawn sketch of the area where they were buried, unfortunately shortly after this he passed away. I was made aware of this issue in January 2003, three years prior to the PFI commencing.

 March 2003 - GPR survey carried out in accessible

areas (corridors), 9 targets found.

 July 2005 - Aurora brought in to carry out intrusive

radiological survey, nothing found.

 January 2006 - PFI commenced, OPD building to be

demolished in 2014.

 March 2006 – 150 sqm of medical records storage

re-located to facilitate GPR and radiological survey. A number of areas were found to be contaminated with Radium-226.

 December 2006 – Contaminated areas cleared and

made safe. Benche ches s not found! und!!

 November 2013 – Medical Records moved out

to allow archaeological dig and asbestos removal.

 February 2014 – GPR survey of remaining

basement floor, 9 targets found

 April 2014 – Aurora carry out intrusive

radiological survey, nothing found.

 June 2014 – Aurora & Zetica conducted a

desk top review.

The contaminated benches never existed, it was the floor that had been contaminated then subsequently covered in concrete.

 The OPD from ground floor up was clinically

fully operational

 We had approximately 30 archaeologists on

site carrying out a large scale excavation

 We were also conducting asbestos removal  Aurora’s method statement was designed in

conjunction with all of these parties

 September 2014 – Aurora removed all of the

contaminated flooring and made the area safe.

 October 4th 2014 – Phase 3 was handed over

to our construction contactor on time and clear of all contamination.

 10 years

rs & 10 months hs to complete ete

 Record on your Risk Register  Involve your Environmental Officer as early as

possible

 Be open and honest with staff and contractors  Use a professionally qualified & experienced

company for advice, removal and disposal

 How can you record individuals knowledge

for future use?