Making Room for Dignity - Construction works update

There are a number of works taking place across the Kingsway Hospital and Chesterfield Royal sites, which will allow for the construction of our new adult acute inpatient units to commence. We appreciate this may cause disruption to your journey, but please do take extra care when travelling around the sites and remain aware of oncoming traffic and heavy goods vehicles.

Please be aware that from Monday 5 September there will be approximately 150 heavy goods vehicles entering both Kingsway Hospital and Chesterfield Royal Hospital, per week. The vehicles will drop off materials required for the completion of the groundworks and remove any excess soil and waste. This will be taking place for approximately six weeks.

Please remain extra vigilant when driving and on foot. By working together, we can ensure a safe environment for everyone.

Kingsway

Kingsway Hospital should be free of traffic management systems by the end of September; however construction vehicles will remain on site.

Other works taking place include:

• Following works to widen the entry and exit points of the main car park, please be aware that there is now a two-way entrance/exit system at the previous exit, which will be the only point of entry and exit for the car park until the completion of the new facilities. Construction lorries will also enter at this point but exit via the previous entrance. Colleagues will notice a gated area to the top end of the car park which lorries will use as a turning point. Unfortunately, this has resulted in the temporary loss of a number parking spaces. Please see the map for alternative parking and be aware you may need to leave extra travel time for parking requirements.
• There will be a period of staged service diversions which will lead to temporary disruption to power over the coming weeks. We have already completed a number of power outages and they have been successful, without any disruption to services. We will continue to plan and execute these outages in the same manner and will notify colleagues of the dates and impacts separately.
• To allow for utility service works there is a traffic management system in place. This system will be in place for approximately one more week. Most of the trench running along the front of the construction site has been filled and should be completed by next week.
• The barrier to the main car will be down from approximately 7am - 9am and 4pm each day, but remain open between these hours to allow goods vehicles access. The barrier by Albany House will remain down throughout the day.
• Hoarding to the main site continues to face delays and will take place within the coming months.
• Construction colleagues have started moving into the cabins on site, ready to commence the main works.
• Our monthly drone fly overs have commenced and will continue to take place on the first Thursday of each month (weather permitting). The drone will not be passing over any inpatient units, however if a person is captured on the footage this will be pixelated to prevent dignity being compromised. 

Chesterfield Royal Hospital site

Ground works continue to the site, including:

• The tarmacking is now complete enabling the removal of the traffic management system, which has temporarily been replaced with priority traffic signage.
• The capping of the natural gas well that runs underneath the site of the new build. A 12m exclusion zone is required for this work to take place – please remain cautious when on site and ensure any smoking breaks are taken away from the area. This has resulted in car park 8 remaining out of use for several weeks. We hope to have completed these works within the next two weeks. This will enable the opening of car park 8.
• The new footpath is now open opposite the new build site.
• Hoarding to the main site continues to face delays and will take place within the coming months.
• Our monthly drone fly overs have commenced and will continue to take place on the first Thursday of each month (weather permitting). The drone will not be passing over any inpatient units, however if a person is captured on the footage this will be pixelated to prevent dignity being compromised.

Please take care when travelling around both sites whilst the works are taking place. Once again, we apologise for any disruption and inconvenience caused, we value the continued support and patience of colleagues, patients and visitors.