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Colin Miller and his site team win a Bronze award under the Considerate Constructors scheme for their work on Colchester Primary Care Centre

Year of award: 2007 Project name: Colchester Primary Care Centre Presented to: Colin Miller & The Site Team Contractor: Gleeson Building Ltd Client: Realise Health Ltd

This project involved the construction of a primary care centre on an NHS campus in suburban Colchester. Much emphasis was placed on consultation with local residents and very close liaison took place with the adjacent acute hospital. A local school had been contacted to supply artwork for the centre. Good attention was paid to environmental issues, with protection for trees, bat monitoring, the investigation of a potential Roman road, and a high level of recycling, including office paper. The high standard of welfare facilities and housekeeping, together with the level of presentation, were a great credit to Site Manager, Colin Miller, and reflected well on the company and the industry as a whole.

The Duke of Kent opens Colchester Primary Care Centre

19th July 2006

HRH, The Duke of Kent KG formally opened the Primary Care Centre at Colchester on Wednesday 19th July 2006. He was introduced te members of the design and construction team by Mike Andrews, Chair of the Realise Health Board.

Colchester Primary Care Centre - Completion

On Thursday 16th February 2006 Practical completion of the Colchester Primary Care Centre was achieved, over 6 weeks ahead of programme. Chairman Mike Andrews handed over the keys of the new building to Chief Executive of the Colchester Primary Care Trust, Brendan Osborne in front of a group of visitors from the Colchester 2020 initiative. The group then toured the new facilty.

Mike Andrews, Chairman of Realise Health hands over the keys to the new centre to Brendan Osbourne, Chief Executive, Colchester PCT

Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich

On Tuesday 13th December 2005 Mike Andrews, Chairman of Realise Health Ltd presented the keys to the new Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich to Brian Davies, Chairman of Tendring Primary Care Trust in a short ceremony.

Great Clacton & Holland on Sea Primary Care Centre, Kennedy Way

At the Tendring District Council Development Control Committee held on 6th December 2005 Planning consent was given to this scheme subject to a number of conditions.

Work will now progress on detailed design work with a view to commencing construction during 2006.

Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich

Building work at the new Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich was completed on Monday 28th November 2005.

Over the next few weeks services will be decanted into the new facility prior to demolition work commencing on the old hospital in Spring 2006.

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Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich

The 'Topping out' ceremony at the Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre took place on 22nd July 2005.

Chairman of Tendring Primary Care Trust, Mr Brian Davis, fixed the final bolt in place to complete works to the roof of the new hospital aided by Mike Andrews, Chairman of Realise Health and Neil Hunt, Managing Director of MJ Gleeson.

Colchester Primary Care Centre

The 'Topping out' ceremony at the Colchester Primary Care centre took place on 13th July 2005.

Chairman of the Colchester Primary Care Trust - Maggie Shackell, together with Mike Andrews Chairman of Realise Health and Richard Marsh of Gleeson, watched by a small audience of invited guests, laid the final slab on the roof of the new building in brilliant sunshine almost twelve months to the day after the contracts for the new Colchester and Tendring LIFT were signed.

Richard Marsh of Gleesons told the gathering "On behalf of Gleeson, I would just like to say how pleased we are to be associated with the new Colchester PCC, which I am sure will provide a wonderful centre for delivering Primary Care to the community of Colchester and beyond. It is not often that a Contractor can claim to be ahead of programme. On this Project, I am glad to say we are, and we intend to stay in this position by handing over the new facility well in advance of next April’s Contract Completion Date. Well, how have we managed to get in to this advantageous position? The main reason can be put down to REAL Teamwork and a genuine desire by all members of the Team to make things happen – ‘a real can do attitude’."

He stressed that the PCT, the LIFT Project Team and Realise Health had worked together with them which had been critical to the success of the construction works to date.

Colchester PCT Chairman, Maggie Shackell, said: "Patients and families will always be at the centre of our planning and the development of the new Colchester Primary Care Centre is a key part the Trust¹s commitment to providing quality primary health care facilities and community services in the 21st century.

"I am delighted to be asked to perform this ceremony marking the completion of the exterior of the building ahead of schedule and look forward to seeing it in use by local people early next year."

Following the ceremony guests were taken on escorted tours of the building by the Gleeson Team.

Harwich Hospital

The contractors continue to make progress on the new Hospital and Health Centre to serve Harwich and Dovercourt

Internal work has commenced on the building which will be named The Fryatt Hospital and Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich

Great Clacton & Holland on Sea Primary Care Centre

At their meeting on 31st March 2005 the Tendring Primary Care Trust Board agreed that a planning application should be submitted for the new Primary Care Centre at Kennedy Way to serve Great Clacton and Holland on Sea.

This has now been formally submitted to Tendring District Council.

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Harwich Hospital

On 30th November 2004 Stephen Ladyman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Community and Ivan Henderson MP visited the Harwich Hospital and the site for the new hospital currently under construction.

Dr Stephen Ladyman and Ivan Henderson MP

Mike Andrews, Chairman of Realise Health, was on hand to brief Dr Ladyman about the development.