Waterman Moylan were appointed to provide advice on upgrading and improvement works to existing buildings in this 200-year-old psychiatric hospital, and were subsequently commissioned to act in connection with a new high security ward for the hospital.
Board of Governors, St Patrick’s Hospital
Costello Murray Beaumont
The single-storey new wing is designed to maximise natural light penetration into all areas of the building. This has been achieved by means of a complex multi pitch roof shape, which permits the use of extensive glazed panels and curtain walls. A steel frame was adopted to provide the flexibility required to create the roof.
The building also features old structural timber beams which have been recovered from roof trusses in a section of the old hospital which was demolished. These timbers have been incorporated into the structural frame, and have been left exposed as a feature.
A growing elderly population is driving the need for new nursing home facilities, and Heathfield provides facilities for 90 residents.
Carnew Primary Care Centre is a two-storey building, which includes medical units, treatment rooms, health related retail units, offices, a community welfare office, surgeries, waiting areas, a dental facility, staff facilities, and meeting rooms, with 35 parking spaces outside.
The new £15m healthcare centre is situated within the Braid Valley Hospital site in Ballymena.