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Originally Posted by Osem
I often wonder why new hospitals aren't all based on the same basic design, perhaps modular, so that they're aren't all the huge extra costs associated with architects, designs, fancy bespoke steel/glass etc. etc. Given the size and potential buying power of the NHS why isn't more equipment, furniture, fixtures, fittings etc. standardised to drive down costs?
Who cares if all our hospitals etc. look similar and are more functional? I'm more worried about the quality of treatment than I am fancy designer glass clad atria and facades.
A local care centre was built with a fancy glass entrance which, to prevent it becoming too hot in summer, required a bespoke steel structure and canopy to shade it. The canopy has since started to fail and will need to be replaced at significant cost I'd imagine. Wouldn't a normal entrance have sufficed and avoided the extra cost?
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Modular building are the way forwards, with their lifespan of 25+ years they will outlive rubbish built under PFI.
The ones we used to build had a 20 year guarantee and were much better than any structure.