Extension frame and follow-on steel, Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital

Location

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (HP19)

Client

Main contractor, for a private hospital

Steel

14.95 tonnes, plus a galvanised plant enclosure

Main sections

UC203x203x46, UB305x102x33, flat-bar bracing

Our work

Survey, drawings, fabrication, delivery, installation

Programme

September 2025 to April 2026

Overview

A new multi-storey extension against the existing building of a working private hospital, with basement, ground, first floor and roof steel. After the frame, the hospital came back to us for a galvanised plant enclosure.

Main sections

UC203x203x46, UB305x102x33, flat-bar bracing

We surveyed, drew the GA plans and fabricated 14.95 tonnes of frame: UC203 columns, UB305 beams and flat-bar diagonal bracing, fixed to the existing structure with M24 resin anchors to the engineer’s specification.

When ventilation ducts clashed with two beams on site, we re-drilled and adjusted the beam levels there and then, and added an extra beam to carry the external brickwork over a manhole.

Our team installed the frame in October 2025 using boom lifts and a spider crane, working around a live hospital. We also carried out the enabling work on the existing facade needed to fit the new steel.

Finish

Hot-dip galvanised

A galvanised frame and access stair for the hospital’s new plant enclosure, fitted against the existing building.