With a planned completion date of 2012 the 235 bed hospital will be a world class rehabilitation facility. Standards for catering have significantly changed & advanced over recent years, including the need to manage water pressures, air changes & waste management and therefore sterling was engaged to design efficient workflows within the six floor levels comprising of nine ward dining rooms and adjacent pantries, coffee outlet & shop with store, staff & visitors servery, the main kitchen & associated twenty three support facilities with a central wash up.
As part of the hospital’s forward thinking policy a meiko food waste vacuum removal system has been incorporated into the new building which will transfer waste food from the wash ups via a vacuum stream through a pipe network to a remote waste holding tank. This will be emptied by a contractor for use as biofuel or compost after further treatment. The hospital has also invested in a digitron wireless temperature monitoring system which is connected to the temperature sensitive catering storage equipment on all levels & will report & record to a pc or mobile phone any adverse change in operation such as a refrigerator door having been left open which is crucial for haccp management.
