A number of prestigious accolades have been heaped upon the Royal United Hospital over the last few weeks.
The hospital’s Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care, designed by Architects Feilden Clegg Bradley, has been recognised nationally and internationally, both for the quality and design of the building, and for the excellent project management.
They have been presented with a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) National Award for the unit’s design, one of only 50 awarded nationally. The hospital also won the RIBA Client of the Year Award, a great testament to the project team.
Then there is The Innovation Award, and the Project of the Year Award, which was presented by The Chartered Institute of Building at the South West Built Environment Awards 2012. And they also received the Regional Project of the Year Award from The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. The unit has also been shortlisted for the national equivalent of both these awards.
Last week, at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur the neonatal care unit was also highly commended in two categories at the International Design in Health Awards
The hospital has also been recognised for its work to transform the estates maintenance service and for the way it manages its energy; reducing its carbon footprint from 15,000 to 10,000 tonnes C02e in just three years. The new NICU also achieved an ‘excellent’ rating for its energy consumption.
As a result, they have also been shortlisted for the HSJ Efficiency in Estates Management, and Energy Efficiency Awards.
Howard Jones, Director of Estates and Facilities at the RUH, says: “What a great honour that our new Neonatal unit has been recognised by such organisations. The project team is particularly proud of the Client of the Year award from RIBA as it is recognition of the massive team effort that went into funding, designing and building NICU.
“We are also delighted that we have been shortlisted for the HSJ Efficiency Awards, this is a major award within the NHS.”
