Blood Sciences

AMA employed to provide MEP services design for the Blood Sciences laboratory at St. Richard’s Hospital. The project included the relocation of the Blood Sciences into newly refurbished laboratory within St. Richard’s Hospital. AMA carried out full M&E services design, including IES thermal dynamic analysis, cooling for the 50kW equipment heat gains, specialist conditioned water supply and drainage system for specialised medical waste.

Medical School Expansion

AMA carried out mechanical and electrical services engineering for the Medical School expansion at Southampton General Hospital. The project included six new lecture rooms, offices, library, computer pool room and an extension to the restaurant. Services in the lecture rooms were left exposed below a decorated concrete soffit; ventilation consisted of low velocity conditioned air, supplied via perforated spiral duct, carefully co-ordinated with suspended luminaires. Heating and hot water services are derived from the hospital’s existing steam distribution system.

Ambulance Resource Centre

AMA employed from inception to completion to provide MEP design duties for the new ambulance make ready facility for the South Central Services NHS Trust in Cosham. The resource centre ambulances respond to 999 emergency calls and also provide pre-arranged transport for patients. The resource centre is incorporated into an existing industrial building and includes administration offices, make ready ambulance bays with dedicated charging points, vehicle exhaust systems and internal vehicle parking.

Endoscopy (Phase 1)

AMA appointed to design MEP engineering services for a new endoscopy facility at Worthing Hospital. The project included the refurbishmet of existing areas and an infill in the old internal courtyard to form five state of the art endoscopy rooms. Our design incude positively pressurised treatment rooms and a new plate heat exchanger that facilitates the transfer of the existing hospital high temperature hot water to a low temperature hot water for space heating. As Phase 1 of the project is completed, AMA were appointed for Phase 2 of the works.

Laminar Flow Theatres

AMA appointed for full MEP services design to provide two new Laminar Flow Theatres at Worthing Hospital. The new theatres were built in the place of an existing ward, adjacent to a theatre suite on the 2nd floor of an operational hospital. The project was particularly challenging in terms of designing the engineering services and plant that would fit into the existing limited roof space without structural alterations; AMA used SketchUp for 3D visualisations and installation options. Our duties also included the design of new isolated power systems (IPS) and uninterruptible power systems (UPS) to serve the clinical risk category 5 areas.