CONSTRUCTION of a multi-million pound care home in
Hampshire which will enable people living with dementia to stay with their
partners is underway.
Brendoncare’s £11.6 million care home on Otterbourne
Hill near Winchester reached a new
milestone with the arrival of a 25-metre tower crane on site.
The state-of-the-art facility will provide a two
and three-storey, 64-bed bespoke home for people needing nursing, dementia care
or respite care.
The pioneering scheme will also offer 20 one and
two-bedroom Shared Care supported living apartments that will enable people
living with dementia to stay with their partners while receiving full care and
support.
The crane, which can lift up to 2.5 tonnes, is now
being used by Poole-based construction company Stepnell to distribute bricks,
mortar and other heavy construction materials across the site as the building
goes up.
Due for completion in summer 2018, Brendoncare
Otterbourne Hill will also have a community resource hub with a restaurant,
café, hairdresser and an indoor winter garden – a two-storey, glazed communal
space.
“This scheme has a large building footprint as well
as site constraints including tree protection areas and major levels
differences, which makes this single tower crane ideal for lifting and
distributing buildings materials quickly and safely across the site,” said Rob
Speirs, Stepnell director.
“The project is progressing well and the structure
of the building is really starting to take shape. The next big job for the
crane will be the installation of its roof of the building at the end of the
summer.”
Carole Sawyers, chief executive of Brendoncare,
said: “We are delighted with progress on the site and it is exciting to see the
plans being turned into reality.
“We are looking forward to the next stage of
construction when the roof is in place, as it means we are moving closer to the
day when we will be able to support people with dementia and nursing needs on
the site.”
SOURCE: Daily Echo
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