Pictured above: Freshney Green Primary Care
Centre
BSP Consulting is celebrating the news that a new medical centre
which benefited from the firm's civil, structural and geotechnical
engineering expertise has been named the best health property in
the UK.
Freshney Green Primary Care Centre in Grimsby scooped the
HealthInvestor Property of the Year Award.
BSP's Derby office provided civil, structural and geotechnical
engineering services for the project from conception through to
completion in association with Ashby de la Zouch developer LSP
Developments and Tamworth architects West Hart Partnership Ltd.
"It is great news to hear that the Freshney Green Primary Care
Centre scheme has won the HealthInvestor Property of the Year
Award. BSP Consulting is delighted and proud to have been part of
the team that helped win this award," said BSP managing director
David Sumner.
The panel of judges commentated that "the winning development
provided excellent value for money and provided innovative ways to
provide for future flexibility. It has a strong, simple design that
successfully reconciles the needs of multiple users. "
BSP carried out the ground investigation, flood risk assessment,
and were responsible for all the structural and civil engineering
for the three-storey medical centre, which now houses three GP
practices with more than 32,000 patients, as well as a range of
associated health services such as a pharmacy, podiatry clinic and
dentistry.
Freshney Green Primary Care Centre was the third medical centre
of this type that BSP Consulting has worked on. The firm is
currently involved with a similar, but larger, scheme in Blackpool
that's due for completion in 2011.
The 7012 sqm Freshney Green Primary Care Centre was up against
strong competition from a short-listed group of seven healthcare
premises across the UK that were completed in 2009. The scheme was
praised by the judges for its high-quality design, affordability
and strong stakeholder relationship.
BSP Consulting, which has offices at Pride Park, Derby, Oxford
Street, Nottingham, and De Montfort Street, Leicester, was named
Consultant of the Year 2009 at the East Midlands Property Dinner.
The firm provides a comprehensive range of consultancy services to
all sectors of the construction community, from architects, project
managers and contractors to developers and estate agents.