Building starts on Glasgow hospital

Building work has kicked off on Doig & Smith’s Victoria Hospital in Glasgow with Scottish heath minister turning the first sod of turf at the site. The £100m scheme in the city’s southside is to open in 2009.

Doig & Smith is the project’s QS, while the architect is HLM and the builder is a consortium led by the Canmore Partnership and Balfour Beatty Construction.

The 41,500 m² facility is part of a £200m plan to replace two hospitals - the Victoria Infirmary and Stobhill Hospital.

Victoria Hospital will boast flexible outpatient clinics that are set around internal courtyards. The clinics include ENT/audiology, ophthalmology, cardiology and multi test areas, as well as general outpatient functions. Separate access is provided to a day hospital, a minor injuries unit incorporating and facilities for emergency dental treatment.

Douglas Roxburgh, director at HLM Architects, described the design as “the concept of a hospital in the park”.