Composite concrete solution maximises flexibility

Composite has completed a major project for Stratford Healthcare, using pre cast concrete frames for speed of construction and increased flexibility.

Specialist contractor, Composite has completed a major project for Stratford Healthcare, using pre cast concrete frames for speed of construction and increased flexibility.

The new £13.5 million healthcare facility, developed by Montpelier Estates for Stratford Healthcare Limited, includes two buildings which will house the Chestnut Walk surgery, a renal dialysis unit and community services such as chiropody and child development, provided by South Warwickshire Primary Care Trust.

Composite Managing Director, Roy Nield-Dumper says: "What makes this building special are the long span floors with no internal columns and flat level structural floors with no down stands which are easy to run the complex services under".

"The solution offers future flexibility for the client when the services from the PCT change".

The pre cast frames are manufactured offsite, which meant that the buildings were erected on-site in just 13 weeks.

The short construction programme means a more cost-effective project for the client and also means health and safety risks are reduced as off-site construction results in fewer trades on site.

The concrete frame and floors provide the buildings with a high thermal mass, reducing energy costs and CO2 emissions, and also give one-hour fire resistance properties.

The main contractor for the project was HBG Construction .

Composite have also been working with DKS Architects, Baker Hall Partnership, Marzec Associates and RBC .

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