Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

Project Description

The new £180M RHSC facility has 1,800 rooms over 50,000m² in a modern and high-quality setting at Little France, Edinburgh. The five-storey building, has a large atrium with a shop and cafe, a stunning skylight linking both hospital entrances, a helipad on the roof and a link building adjoining adult and paediatric emergency departments.

Specific Project Challenges

• The single largest ever BIM project undertaken by HLM Architects
• A roof of highest quality to ensure best environment for patients
• The first acute hospital facility to be procured under the Scottish Government’s Non Profit Distributing Model (NPD)

Solutions Offered

The standing seam system incorporated a series of tapered and straight sheets to ensure that the curved roof plan was achieved without the need for junctions, as well as providing the platform for a vast array of photovoltaics, and a permanent roof access walkway.

Ash & Lacy also supplied support in the form of site inspections throughout the construction process, design for roof tapers and all perimeter and feature fabrications and fasteners.