York Hospital wins Best Interior Design Award
At the Building Better Healthcare Awards, Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) and other team members were presented with the Best Interior Design Award.
BBES along with York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, The King’s Fund, Kier Group, Clarke Bond Group, Thompson Spencer Architects, Cyril Sweett Group and Dan Savage were awarded on 10 November 2011 the Best Interior Design Award for the team’s work on the Bereavement Suite at York Hospital.
The suite at the York Hospital combines many services to assist relatives following the death of a loved-one in hospital. The design brief placed great emphasis on providing a calm and quiet space including an adjoining private garden away from the busy clinical environment where relatives could seek private solace and support.
Sarah Walker, the category head judge said: “The design meets all the criteria. It respects privacy and dignity and provides an environment that lifts the spirits. They have used the space available extremely well.”
Johnpaul Bolton was the BBES project manager on the project and said of the award: “I am delighted that all our hard work was recognised at the award ceremony. We have successfully partnered with York Trust for over seven years.” Due to budget challenges and following a charitable donation from The King’s Fund, BBES submitted the quotation for the contract at cost (with no profit margin) to assist the project after years of working at the hospital.
Posted: Thursday 12 January 2012