“From our initial enquiry, through to placing an early works instruction, and now as work has commenced onsite, Darwin Group Ltd have responded quickly to all of our requests and have continued to exceed my expectations in terms of commitment to achieving key programme milestones and a willingness to support the Trust”
AGH Solutions
“It has been a pleasure to work with Darwin Group on the construction of the Discharge Lounge for Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Delivered to the promised day and to a high-quality finish, we have been impressed by Darwin Group’s commitment and support for the project.”
Strategic Asset Services Director, Gloucestershire Managed Services
“Well done Darwin Group, the efforts you have made in contributing to the delivery of a first-class facility was phenomenal. We are very proud to recommend and support this local company and indeed we are already exploring potential further development opportunities in working together once more”
Head of Estates Development, The Royal Wolverhampton Trust
“I am happy to recommend Darwin Group as a Design and Build Contractor for any NHS organisation, and we will be working with them again”
Head of Estate Development, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
“The team ethic, professionalism and sheer determination to get this projected completed will live with me for the rest of my career. You have made Wigan safer and I cannot thank you enough.”
Deputy Director of Strategy and Planning, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
“It’s such a fabulous achievement. In my 30-plus years in estates in the NHS, I’ve never done anything as big and as quickly as this and to this standard.”
Director of Capital, Estates and Facilities, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories in Basingstoke
The Trust commissioned Darwin Group to build two new cardiac catheterisation labs to replace an outdated lab and a temporary facility at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital – the first modular build of its kind in the country.
Portakabin and Darwin Group expand healthcare capability
Modular building market leader Portakabin has today announced the acquisition of healthcare modular buildings specialist Darwin Group in a move that will offer significant benefits to healthcare providers across the UK.
Combining the modular knowledge, scale and financial strength of York-headquartered Portakabin with the specialist healthcare expertise of Darwin Group will now offer healthcare providers both temporary and permanent building solutions to cover all future clinical and non-clinical requirements.
New ward and ICU wins project of the year award
On Thursday 12th May, Health, Estates and Facilities Management Association (HEFMA), hosted its annual award ceremony in Milton Keynes. AGH Solutions (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) was awarded ‘Project of the Year’ at the awards for their £15m modular build project that Darwin Group Ltd is delivering.
The project includes a new 15-bed intensive care unit (ICU) and 30-bed ward onsite at Airedale Hospital. AGH Solutions worked hard with Darwin Group Ltd to deliver the project designed to tackle the RAAC risk, the remedial works necessary to keep the building safe, and the development of a 3500m2 ICU and 30-bed ward, which is the first known all-electric inpatient unit in the NHS.
Older Adult Mental Healthcare Modular Accommodation
Darwin Group, has handed over a 1,198m2 modular mental health ward for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on the St. Peter’s Hospital campus in Chertsey, Surrey. Guided by HTM and HBN requirements, the building was developed with the Trust to provide inpatients with a more modern and therapeutic environment.
Procure23 | Crown Commercial Service’s Construction Works and Associated Services 2/Procure23 Framework
Darwin Group Ltd has become the only Modular, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) design and build main contractor to be named on the ProCure23 (P23) lots of Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Framework. ProCure23 lots is the fourth generation of the ProCure route to market for the provision of design and construction services for the delivery of NHS capital projects with an estimated cumulative value of £9bn over its four-year lifespan.
