Despite its size and desert environment, Qatar is one of the most attractive places for expatriates, and they have been driving the country’s population upward for years. This population growth is helping the country deliver projects under its national development plan, but it is also putting stress on the country’s ability to provide its citizens and residents with world-class healthcare services.
To meet this demand, an ambitious master plan for building Hamad bin Khalifa Medical City was developed to increase healthcare capacity, which includes new hospitals, clinics, and research facilities. However, building hospitals can be as complex as the medical procedures conducted within their walls, especially when building one of the largest healthcare developments in the Middle East.
A lot goes into hospital construction—it’s more of a service design than a physical design. Much of its complexity comes from interconnections between clinical operations, specialized medical equipment, and IT and building systems. If that wasn’t enough, coordinating these key elements needs to happen from the beginning through to construction.
The country’s principal public healthcare provider, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), appointed Arcadis to provide project, program, and design management services for the Qatar healthcare project, involving the construction of the Hamad bin Khalifa Medical City campus, which was the largest capital project commissioned by HMC at the time. We also handled the operational commissioning of the project to ensure that the facilities were fully ready for use when they opened to the public.
To ensure compliance with the technical requirements of a healthcare facility as well as international best practice, we formed a team of experts with an in-depth understanding of the global healthcare sector. This helped us incorporate the latest trends in clinical service planning, medical equipment planning, and hospital design. We also sought the close participation of government stakeholders, including the Public Works Authority and the Ministry of Public Health, to make sure that the project would be completed as intended.
Hamad bin Khalifa Medical City is a state-of-the-art healthcare complex that boasts not only impressive physical attributes but also provides the people of Qatar with immediate and world-class patient care. The design we implemented helps in the efficient flow of patients and staff, safe conduct of operations across all areas, and lowering the risks of patient injury.
This is now one of the largest healthcare facilities in the Middle East, whose scale and complexity reflect significant investment in strengthening healthcare infrastructure in Qatar to meet the needs of a growing population.
The Arcadis team has done everything and more than we could have expected of them. There has been no problem too big and no problem too small — everything has been managed to the highest standards.
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