Turn a hospital into a university hospital? To do that, you need more room, updated buildings, and a plan for how you will balance the two with the day-to-day operations of the hospital. The cutting-edge modules from Cadolto make it all possible. This is precisely the transformation that began – with Cadolto – on 4 July, 2016, with the construction of the backup building in Augsburg. It will end with the complete renovation of the clinic, the extension of the emergency room and the transformation into a university hospital.

But it all begins with construction phase 1: erecting the new building and extending the clinic’s emergency room. The modular building will comprise 156 individual modules and a gross floor space of about 8,200 m². It will be used initially to house three intensive care units and a dialysis clinic on a temporary basis. An admissions desk will be added to the emergency room. The new building is connected directly to the existing building on several levels – and is thus ideally integrated.

After construction in the main building is complete, floors 1 to 3 can be converted to normal nursing wards. This means that another advantage of modular construction will be seen in this second phase: full flexibility.

But given the special requirements, perfect planning is necessary because all components and installations – particularly the sanitary drinking and waste disposal systems – must already be prepared in Phase 1 so that they can be refurbished and retrofitted with minimum hassle in phase 2.

The demolition envisaged for later – after the main building is renovated, the backup building will be completely demolished – should not demand much effort either. With one exception: the extension of the emergency room on the ground floor is to remain. To achieve this, all technical equipment and installations necessary for operations on the ground floor must be distributed intelligently on the basement and ground floors in such a way that the ground floor can be disconnected without any further additions and the floors above it can be dismantled. The building will also be mounted on pillars so that it connects levelly on the ground floor. The pillars will be built using a reinforced concrete design that will house additional equipment rooms to supply the building with utilities. There is still much to be done until phase 2 is completed on 28 February 2019. We’re looking forward to it.