MEP case study · Healthcare

Adan Hospital — MEP Rehabilitation

Kuwait · Delivered · MEP rehabilitation package

Scope

HVAC, power distribution, lighting, plumbing

Type

Live hospital rehabilitation

Constraint

Continuity of clinical operation

Interfaces

Existing hospital services, estates team

Rehabilitation and upgrading of the existing MEP infrastructure of a live hospital: modification, replacement, extension and installation of services around continuing clinical operation.

01 — Coordination

Set out against services already in the building

The starting point was an existing installation, not a clean model. Surveys, isolations and phasing were agreed with the estates team before any date was committed.

Survey and mark-up of existing MEP infrastructure
Phase plan agreed around clinical decant and access windows
Isolation and shutdown schedule issued in advance
Interfaces with retained services identified and protected

Ceiling-mounted units connected into existing building services — Coordination — new services tied into a live installation

02 — Plantroom

New capacity brought on without dropping the old

Replacement plant and distribution were installed and proven in parallel with the existing installation, then switched over inside agreed windows.

Parallel installation with temporary cross-connections
HVAC plant and chilled-water distribution replaced and extended
Electrical power distribution modified and extended by zone
Switchover executed in short, rehearsed windows

Pump and valve installation in a hospital plantroom — Plantroom — capacity proven before the old plant is released

03 — Commissioning

Tested area by area

Each area was tested and commissioned before being released back to hospital use, with records issued per zone rather than at the end of the contract.