DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROJECT
The Haaglanden Medical Center, location Westeinde is a city hospital in the center of The Hague. Valstar Simonis has been involved in many renovation and expansion projects at this location since the XNUMXs. This also applies to the Emergency Department (A&E). In the past, we were already involved in the renovation and expansion at the time. Now we were allowed to use our knowledge again for the renovation and expansion of the emergency room.
The current expansion has been realized by adding the indoor ambulance hall to the A&E. This expansion has created space to also renovate and modernize other parts of the A&E as a 'sliding puzzle'. The new ambulance hall has been realized as a separate building on the site.
Valstar Simonis is also involved in the renovation of the radiology, trauma and urology departments at this location. At the Antoniushove location in Leidschendam-Voorburg, we recently completed the new construction of the nursing wards, including a central hall and parking garage. We are currently involved in the new construction for radiotherapy and the renovation of the support services, ophthalmology and day treatment oncology departments.
Installations, flexibility and sustainability
Special in an emergency room of an inner-city hospital in a large city are the safety aspects, especially during the night and weekend hours. This requires good coordination of the architectural layout, the technical security measures and the organizational measures. Valstar Simonis implements the technical measures in close consultation with the construction office, the architect and the users. The challenge here is to unite the various interests: safety of the staff versus a hospitable appearance and adequate care for the patients.
In the case of an extension/renovation, we look for a connection with the existing installation concept from the point of view of efficiency. In doing so, we do not lose sight of opportunities for improvement. This concerns aspects such as optimal comfort, increasing operational reliability and sustainability.
The operational reliability of the technical installations is increased by carrying out essential installations as 2x 75% instead of 1x 100% and making connections with the existing facilities.
The installations are suitable for low-temperature heating and high-temperature cooling. By applying climate ceilings, optimum comfort is achieved in combination with individual controllability per room.
Our assignment
By devising a good location of the infrastructure for all disciplines (heating, cooling, ventilation air, electrical energy and the like) at an early stage, it was possible to 'shift' the different types of rooms in the ED during the design process without a completely new design had to be made.
On the basis of the available sources (heat, cold, steam and electrical energy), well-considered choices have been made as to how the new installations are linked to the existing central systems. In order to limit the heat demand, ventilation systems with a high-efficiency heat recovery (> 85%). In this way a connection was possible with the existing heating installation. For the cooling of the ventilation air, the choice has been made for own generation per cabinet. And the space cooling (climate ceilings) is connected to the existing cooling installation.
The sustainable character of the installation concept is the reuse and renovation of the air handling units already present. And partial reuse of air ducts, pipes and infrastructure of cableways.
By devising a good location of the infrastructure for all disciplines (heating, cooling, ventilation air, electrical energy and the like) at an early stage, it was possible to 'shift' the different types of rooms in the ED during the design process without a completely new design had to be made.
On the basis of the available sources (heat, cold, steam and electrical energy), well-considered choices have been made as to how the new installations are linked to the existing central systems. In order to limit the heat demand, ventilation systems with a high-efficiency heat recovery (> 85%). In this way a connection was possible with the existing heating installation. For the cooling of the ventilation air, the choice has been made for own generation per cabinet. And the space cooling (climate ceilings) is connected to the existing cooling installation.
The sustainable character of the installation concept is the reuse and renovation of the air handling units already present. And partial reuse of air ducts, pipes and infrastructure of cableways.
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