Yorkon's accolade for hospital scheme

The three-storey hospital was destined to serve patients in the West Country. The team behind the scheme – York-based off-site construction specialist, Yorkon – has received a major accolade.

The Yorkon team has won an LABC Building Excellence Award for the Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre in Bristol.

It is one of the largest British hospitals to be built off site.

The project, carried out for independent healthcare providers UK Specialist Hospitals (UKSH), received the LABC award for Best Community Building in the West of England.

The LABC (Local Authority Building Control) Awards recognise and reward the best quality design, construction, and project management.

David Johnson, the director and general manager of Yorkon, said: "To complete a project of this scale and complexity, that was open and treating patients just 12 months after start on site, was a significant achievement for the whole team.

"Delivery on time was critical for the client, and was achieved despite working in severe winter weather conditions."

The building was manufactured off site in York and has 114 steel-framed modules, which Yorkon craned into position in just three weeks.