The £422million UCH is the most ambitious building project in the history of the NHS and becomes the centerpiece of the largest planned academic health campus in Europe.
It comprises the new UCH, University College London, the Wellcome Trust and the proposed new National Institute of Medical Research.
Balfour Beatty plc acted as co-promoter/developer and 33.3% investor in Health Management UCLH (HMU), the concessionaire awarded the PFI contract to design and build the new University College Hospital redevelopment and to provide certain services associated with the hospital for a period of 35 years.
The hospital opened its doors to patients on June 13th 2005.
- 97m high
- 80m above ground
- 17m below ground
- 2000 rooms
- 2400 PCs
- 3000 vision panels
- 669 beds in total
- 1200 washbasins
- 18 acres of floor
- 100km ductwork
- 34 acres of wallspace
The fact that we built such a comprehensive large new teaching hospital in the centre of London, and built it on time and on budget means this is good news for future hospital developments, both in London and across the UK.
