Project Details
Construction of the Bury St Edmunds ambulance hub is now complete. Chawton Hill’s support on this project saw us working with one of England’s largest ambulance trusts. Following construction, it recently reached completion, ready to serve patients across the region. The EEAST trust serves over 6.3 million people across East Anglia. In collaboration with the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST), this 2,900 m² part single storey, part two storey ambulance hub, will serve as a make-ready central reporting hub. It features a training facility with space for 33 ambulances.
The facilities include offices, meeting and training rooms, toilets, and expansion space on the first floor. The space also includes a crew room, locker room, gym, drying room, welfare spaces and an ambulance fleet workshop on the ground floor.
The operation of the Bury St Edmunds ambulance hub are designed to be fully net zero carbon. As a result, the features included will significantly reduce the carbon emissions and footprint of the facility. Smart technologies and innovations include over 1,000m² of photo-voltaic (“PV”) panels, contributing to generating renewable energy on site. The scheme is expected to achieve BREEAM certification of “Excellent” and an EPC rating of A+.
Tom Abell of EEAST noted that, “Once opened, it will allow paramedics to spend more time out on the road treating patients, and provide better wellbeing facilities for them as well.” You can read more about the project here.
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