INDUSTRY: 

Healthcare

CLIENT: 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

CONTACTOR: 

Tilbury Douglas Construction

PROJECT:

The new Urgent & Emergency Care Centre for Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, a £40m two-storey facility providing the Trust with 4,864m2 of additional clinical space. 

The specialised facilities, which include an Urgent Treatment Centre, a Paediatric Assessment Unit, an Acute Medical Unit and a Medical Ambulatory Unit, will help meet local demand, caring for up to 90,000 urgent admissions per year.

Axis’s brief for this new, high-quality, modern development included providing doors to the Consulting Bays.

CHALLENGES:

Our main challenge for this project was the space constraints to maximise the space in the Consulting Bays and outer corridors. 

SOLUTION:

For the Consulting Bays, we designed and installed 14 sets of our own, award-winning FLO-MOTION® Telescopic Manual Sliding Doors – Type T55. For this project, we finished the door sets in RAL 7024 satin with a brushed stainless-steel handle.

Each set’s two sliding leaves are connected by a sequencing device so that the primary leaf (fast door) reaches the fully opened or closed position at the same time as the secondary leaf (slow door) reaches its pre-set position. 

Our FLO-MOTION® Telescopic Manual Sliding Doors feature recirculating ball guides on a special low resistance linear track with a damper mechanism. The 55mm stiles give these door sets their slim-line appearance.

OUTCOME:

The Consulting Bays at the brand new Urgent & Emergency Care Centre at Walsall Manor Hospital provides several significant benefits for patients and staff, including: 

• More efficient and effective working 
• A more spacious department 
• Improved patient experience
• Improved working environment for staff