Hospital is In The Pink

Alsecco’s recent health sector project at Gravesham Community Hospital and Gravesham Place, has been part of a £24m private finance initiative (PFI) between Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley PCT, Kent County Council Social Services and the Grosvenor House Group. It has been constructed on the site of the existing Gravesend and North Kent Hospital in Bath Street, Gravesend. Gravesend NHS Hospital, Kent. Designed by Steffian Bradley Architects (SBA), the joint health and social care facility comprises more than 11,000m2 of space over three storeys. Architect Muneer Khan and the design team at SBA were mindful of the surrounding conservation area and were careful to create a building that respected the existing environment. The curved structure part of the edifice presented an altogether different challenge insofar as the external insulation material and render had to follow the rounded contours instead of being straight and flat. Alsecco’s Silitect 1.5 system was used to great effect and finished off the building in line with the architect’s vision, contributing to the on-time, on-budget completion of the project as a whole.