Healthcare

Our populations as a whole are getting older and people are living longer, often with a complex mix of long-term health conditions. At the same time, people’s expectations of healthcare have never been higher.

It’s a perfect storm.

Health authorities across the UK and Ireland have to create patient-centred environments that support patient and staff wellbeing, improve clinical outcomes and can operate sustainably for decades to come. On limited budgets and against a backdrop of growing demands.

Great healthcare design goes beyond functionality. We need to build spaces that promote healing, make people feel more comfortable and at the same time support modern ways of working for health professionals.

From acute hospitals and specialist units, to community health centres and research facilities, our focus at BAM is on helping our healthcare clients to improve lives. That means delivering new and refurbished spaces that are efficient, uplifting and built to perform.

Net zero - helping health trusts meet ambitious targets

We translate vision into reality, ensuring that every project reflects the priorities of patients, medical staff and the wider community. Our early-engagement model and consistent, framework-based delivery approach provide certainty, value and performance throughout the asset’s lifecycle.

Co-creation can be key to making sure that facilities deliver for staff and patients from day one. That involves bringing together a team of people – a cross-section of front-line and back-room staff, as well as patients and service users – to help refine the building design.

Digital innovation enhances every stage of the process. Using digital tools, we plan and deliver projects with precision, reducing disruption and ensuring exceptional quality. We’re pioneering the use of digital twins, BIM, asset data and tagging specifically for health.

These tools also enable us to design around patient flow, staff safety and infection control: creating smarter, safer hospitals that function seamlessly. 

Sustainability and wellbeing are also at the heart of healthcare capital projects. So every facility we build is designed to be energy-efficient, low-carbon and adaptable for the future.

We use renewable technologies, smart energy systems and sustainable materials to reduce environmental impact and operational costs, supporting the NHS’s journey to net zero and improving the wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Our energy and mechanical and electrical engineering specialists understand the unique challenges of working in health environments, where resource-hungry technologies and cutting-edge facilities such as operating theatres and treatment suites bring with them very specific demands. 

Delivering directly and through frameworks

BAM works collaboratively with national and local health authorities including the Department for Health in the UK and the HSE in Ireland as well as individual NHS trusts.

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