The Hospital Challenge took the form of a competition in which Year 12 students working in teams of six were given plans of the new Walsall Manor Hospital atrium area and were tasked with designing facilities for users. Working to strict deadlines, each team had to research what is needed before submitting a tender, through a presentation, to a panel of Skanska judges.
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| Walsall Education Business Partnership |
The ‘Dragon’s Den’ style panel judges included the Project’s Architect, Construction Director, Quantity Surveyor and a Graduate Construction Supervisor.
Creative students from Pool Hayes School in Walsall impressed the judges with their creative ideas, delivering a professional presentation and with the accuracy and detail of their tender. The students came up with suggestions such as providing a crèche facility and incorporating a memory tree in the atrium of the new hospital for people to remember their loved ones.
The Challenge was initiated, planned and delivered as a joint venture between Walsall Education Business Partnership and the Skanska Team.
“We entered two teams who came first and second in the challenge. It was open to all schools in Walsall and the challenged simulated a construction company bidding for work”. Clive Thomas, Head of Sixth Form, Pool Hayes School.
“The added value to the students was the information, advice and guidance given by the Skanska team before and during the challenge. This type of experience can not be gained at school and it gets the students to look at problems, work planning and design roles in a more realistic manner – result” Ron Betts, Deputy Manager, Walsall EBP
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| Pool Hayes Winning Team - Hospital Challenge |
Given the comments made on the day and the evaluations received from both the students and their teachers the Hospital Challenge has the basis of being used on any new hospital and could be incorporated into the offer made in future bids.
The Challenge was run for a second time on 5th October 2010. The winners of the competition were from Brownhills Community Technical College.
For further information contact
Steven Davis
Project Environmental Manager
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