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Working with specialist fast-track building supplier, ModuleCo, Aquarian Cladding has supplied its Gebrik insulating brick cladding system to hospital development projects in both Lincoln and Burton.

During December 2009, 60 pre-fabricated ‘pods’ were assembled to create two 56 bed wards at Lincoln County Hospital, which were subsequently clad by ECL Contracts using 1,000m² of Gebrik Ardor Dragwire (Ref FE90-60) to match the traditional, residential-style brick aesthetic of the hospital and surrounding buildings. Jonathon Brindley of ModuleCo said: "The hospital trust placed the order in September and the wards welcomed the first patients in February. The short turn-around time from ordering to opening is a major advantage to hospitals that need to close wards and move patients for deep cleaning of wards as well as providing extra bed space."

Meanwhile at Queen's Hospital in Burton, ModuleCo was appointed in June 2010 to provide a new building which would enable the paediatric clinic to be relocated adjacent to the existing children's ward. The challenge was to position it within a land-locked courtyard and have it usable within four months! Nine prefabricated ‘pods’ were lifted and dropped into position by crane to create a two storey building which was then clad to match the existing polychromatic brickwork within the courtyard.

Aquarian Cladding worked with specialist contractor EAGA to design yellow brick panels with string courses of red bricks to match the existing brickwork and finally approx 300m² of Amari Yellow and Carmesi Red panels, corners and reveals were applied over four weeks to ensure the building was completed on programme.

Please click on any of the images on the right to view a slideshow showing application and the results of Gebrik used at the Burton & Lincoln Hospital developments.

• Client: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust & Burton Hospitals NHS Trust
• Main Contractor: Moduleco
• Cladding Contractor: ECL & EAGA