Interserve, the international support services and construction group, has held a ceremony to mark the final concrete pour in the treatment rooms of the UK’s first NHS high energy Proton Beam Therapy Centre, at The Christie in Manchester.
As part of the ProCure21+ framework, the building will deliver the facilities to provide a specialist form of radiotherapy for cancer patients, alongside clinical facilities, treatment and research rooms, and a new public space.
The new facilities will mean that up to 750 patients a year with complex cancers will have the opportunity to benefit from this innovative treatment. Local dignitaries and senior management from the Interserve attended the ceremony that marks “a key milestone in the construction of the UK’s first NHS high energy proton beam therapy centre, which was only possible due to the commitment and hard work from the whole team”, says John Godfrey, Regional Director at Interserve.
“This was a very special day for all involved in the construction of the Proton Beam Therapy Centre and I’m very proud of what we achieved in reaching this key milestone. The team has been 100% committed with the project since day one, and I have to highlight the work of the site operatives, who’ve worked continually and in all sorts of weather conditions to successfully achieve this milestone”, adds Godfrey.
Facts and figures:
- 107 pours completed;
- 16,000m3 in 2667 concrete wagons weighing 39,000t (3 times heavier than the Brooklyn Bridge);
- Largest pour 650m3
- 1620t of reinforcement (the same weight as 108 London buses)
- 9.1km of embedded pipe work (76 football pitches laid in length) at a tolerance of +/- 10mm
- 400,000 man hours since starting the enabling works (average of 100 men per day)
