Design flaws blamed for Royal Hospital for Sick Children delay

Pressure to meet deadlines and “seriously flawed” designs linked to six-month delay


A project architect is blaming pressure to meet deadlines and “seriously flawed” designs for a six-month delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, according to an article on the Scottish Construction Now website.

The architect claimed that construction of the £150 million hospital was rushed despite repeated warnings of potential design problems.

He said columns blocking the middle of rooms, lack of daylight and difficulties of trying to use the central atrium as a dual purpose outpatients’ waiting room and exhibition space with patients’ cinema were among the flaws.

NHS Lothian confirmed the hospital will not open as originally scheduled due to “unavoidable technical construction problems," poor weather and financial problems affecting two of the contractors.

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September 13, 2016


Topic Area: Architecture


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