IN Brief:
- G&H has secured two healthcare MEP contracts worth a combined £16.3m.
- The projects cover Affidea’s Wimbledon Quarter medical centre and GenesisCare’s new Leeds facility.
- The packages include prefabricated pipework, clinical services, medical gases, MRI infrastructure, PV, and air source heat pumps.
G&H has secured two mechanical, electrical, and public health contracts worth a combined £16.3m across healthcare projects in Wimbledon and Leeds.
The Leeds-headquartered MEP specialist has been appointed by Elliott Group to deliver Affidea’s flagship medical centre at Wimbledon Quarter. The 30,000 sq ft facility is planned as a private medical centre within a retail destination, with services including private GP care, a minor injuries unit, advanced diagnostic imaging, and specialist outpatient treatment.
G&H will deliver a full MEP design and build package at Wimbledon, supported by a 60-strong project team. Pipework will be prefabricated at the company’s Leeds workshop before installation on site, reducing the amount of traditional fabrication required in the live construction environment.
The Wimbledon package includes specialist medical trunking, lighting, earthing, an MRI scanner oxygen monitoring system, emergency extract systems, piped medical gas, theatre control panels, nurse call systems, an ultra-clean ventilation canopy, and sprinklers. Air source heat pumps and EV charging will also be incorporated into the scheme.
The second contract has been awarded by HBC Construction, formerly Henry Boot Construction, for GenesisCare’s new facility in Leeds. The project will convert a former office building into a 36,000 sq ft oncology, haematology, and research centre.
At the Leeds site, G&H will provide complete MEP design and build services through a 55-strong team. The installation will include MRI and PET-CT process chillers, associated pipework, medical gas systems, isolated power supply, uninterruptible power supply systems, patient monitoring CCTV, a quench pipe system, and photovoltaic generation.
The PV installation is expected to generate around 28,800kWh of energy a year and reduce carbon emissions by about 10,950kg annually. In a clinical building, that energy measure must sit alongside strict requirements for resilience, environmental control, power continuity, and patient safety.
Healthcare MEP remains one of the most demanding parts of the building services market. Clinical facilities require high levels of coordination across ventilation, power, water, gases, cooling, infection prevention, medical equipment, emergency systems, and commissioning evidence. Those demands become more complex when new healthcare uses are inserted into existing commercial or mixed-use buildings.
The Wimbledon and Leeds projects show how healthcare delivery is spreading beyond traditional hospital estates. Diagnostics, cancer care, outpatient services, and minor injury provision are increasingly being delivered in community, retail, and converted commercial environments. That model can improve access to care, but it also pushes specialist infrastructure into buildings that were not originally designed for clinical use.
For MEP contractors, early coordination is critical. MRI and PET-CT rooms require careful planning around power supply, cooling, quench systems, access routes, structural support, shielding, emergency procedures, and maintenance. If those interfaces are not resolved before installation begins, the cost and programme risks can rise sharply.
Prefabrication is becoming more valuable in this environment because it improves repeatability and reduces site congestion. Workshop-produced pipework and service assemblies can support better quality control, shorter installation periods, and safer working conditions, particularly where ceiling voids, risers, and plant access are constrained.
The contracts also sit within a wider decarbonisation challenge for healthcare buildings. Air source heat pumps, PV, efficient lighting, and electric vehicle infrastructure are becoming standard features, but clinical estates cannot prioritise energy reduction at the expense of reliability. Power resilience, environmental conditions, infection control, and specialist equipment performance remain non-negotiable.
G&H’s current healthcare workload includes decarbonisation schemes at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham and Hereford County Hospital, alongside collaboration with Morgan Sindall Construction at Harrogate District Hospital. The latest contracts add further depth in a sector where technical building services are central to both clinical performance and operational cost.
The Wimbledon and Leeds appointments are therefore more than fit-out wins. They show how healthcare construction is becoming more distributed, more services-led, and more dependent on contractors that can integrate clinical compliance, energy performance, prefabrication, and resilient infrastructure within tight commercial programmes.
