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Goel says that from his perspective it’s all very well organised.‘The radiology is very close by.
Physiotherapy’s really close by.So it’s easy to get hold of people.’.Of the building’s general layout, Kirsty Cobden comments that usefully, ‘Everything goes round in a circle.
There are no dead ends, so you don’t have to go back on yourself.You just keep going all the way round.’.
Maswiken also remarks on this ease of movement within the hospital.
He enjoys the freedom of not having to ‘push things aside’ to walk between areas.But you can’t simply replace an old plant with a new one – mechanical and electrical engineering machines are so much more advanced and efficient now so some take up less space, but others are larger due to the need to reduce energy (for example, air-handling units).
We have taken the opportunity to reconfigure the building to some extent.But in the case of the air handling units, the building was more or less built around them so it was difficult and financially unviable to remove them.
So we have taken a mixed replace and refurbish approach to the plant machinery..But the building management system is all brand new.