Multistory Car Park Underway for University Hospitals of Derby, Burton

Construction has begun on a new £6.4-million multistory car park at Queen’s Hospital Burton, located in England. The project is being delivered for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust to improve the experience for visitors and patients.

Set over three stories, the car park is being built on land behind the treatment center on the hospital’s main site, and will provide 425 additional spaces, including designated electric charging points.

Morgan Sindall Construction will be working closely with the Trust to help them achieve sustainability targets, which are based around the government’s drive toward reducing greenhouse emissions in line with achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The contractor will be using ground granulated blast-furnace slag in the concrete foundations; a byproduct of steel production, it requires less energy to produce and will reduce the embodied carbon of the development by up to 100 tons of CO2.

The site team will also be trialing new HVO bio-diesel in onsite plant machinery, in place of traditional red diesel. The substitution can offer up to a 90% reduction in carbon emissions. In addition, they will be using new equipment designed to prevent silt runoff into the existing drainage system, which will also help prevent muck from leaving the construction site.

The car park has been designed by Gilling Dod Architects. Consultants on the project include Couch Consulting Engineers and Couch Perry Wilkes.

Enabling works began in March 2021. The main construction contract is scheduled for completion in early 2022.