Prime has provided a construction update for its work on Yeovil Diagnostic Centre.
The UK-based healthcare design-build expert is delivering the purpose-built facility alongside Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and contractors Darwin Group.
The project was finalised with Prime in March 2024, and then broke ground in the following May.
Originally planned for completion in late 2024, the project is in the final phase.
Works are now entering the final phase on the three-storey facility
As of February 2025, Prime states that “works are now entering the final phase on the three-storey facility that will provide more than 70,000 tests and outpatient appointments annually to NHS patients in Somerset and the northwest of Dorset”.
Some of the latest progress according to the company’s LinkedIn post includes:
- Cladding nearing completion
- MRI and CT fully installed on the ground floor
- Audiology rooms completed on first floor
- Commissioning underway
- Final decorations ongoing
- Landscaping due to commence
Prime also announced that InHealth will provide radiology and endoscopy services, while Somerset NHS FT will provide all other diagnostic and outpatient services.
Sustainability
The company says that the project will produce up to 90% less waste than traditional building methods.
Prime also states that the build will cause net-zero embodied carbon and a projected biodiversity net gain of 267%.
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