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Name	Sunderland Royal Hospital
Architect	Healthcare Design Partnership  (HDP)
Structural Engineer	Arup
Steelwork Contractor	South Durham Structures Ltd
Main Contractor	Kier Northern Ltd
Client	Sunderland NHS Trust

The 15,000m £8.5M five-storey extension will house three general operating theatres and two ultra-clean theatres, along with the supporting day wards and recovery suites and all the required plant and services. The frame, which comprises 450t of steelwork, has shallow depth Slimdek floors comprising of asymmetric beams (ASB) supporting SD225 deep decking. This allows a generous 3.3m floor to ceiling height, as well as simplifying fire protection. Vibration tests undertaken at the site for research purposes have shown that thestructure comfortably exceeds the vibration requirements given in the NHS Technical Memorandum 2045