Offsite Solutions has secured a new contact to supply bathroom pods for the new £69 million East Lothian Community Hospital project.

The company will provide 134 factory-built bathroom pods for the project on behalf of principal contractor Morrison Construction.

Designed to meet HTM requirements, the pods will be installed at the site in batches throughout 2018.

The 22,000 sq m purpose-built community hospital in Haddington will provide a range of community-based services once operational, including a mental health inpatient unit, elderly medicine, orthopaedic and stroke rehabilitation, medical assessment inpatient ward, therapy services, outpatients department, endoscopy and minor operations.

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Paul Godwin, Design Manager at Morrison Construction, said: "Having the bathrooms arrive on site as a finished product gives us the benefit of a significant programme saving and this use of offsite construction means we need less labour on site, which is safer and more efficient."

David Small, Partnership Director at East Lothian Health and Social Care, added: "I am impressed with the way work on site is forging ahead. People in East Lothian will benefit from having this state-of-the art facility, which will help us to deliver more services much closer to home."

(LM)