UHB will now begin moving staff and equipment into the building, ahead of the planned opening to patients in January 2023.
The HTC, the first large-scale capital investment at Heartlands Hospital since 2008, will improve capacity, offering a 'one-stop-shop' for patients. The new centre brings a range of services under one roof, including diagnostics, day case procedures, endoscopy, audiology, outpatients, therapies, and imaging services.
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With a footprint of over 18,000m2, the building is four storeys high, with 149 tonnes of steel and 12.5 miles of pipework inside. State-of-the-art technology is being installed including patient self-check-in kiosks, brand new theatre suites and cutting-edge imaging equipment, including a wide bore MRI scanner.
Mark Dady, managing director, Kier Construction Eastern and Midlands, said: "We're immensely proud of our work delivering the Heartlands Treatment Centre. Being able to hand it over to UHB on time and budget, further demonstrates our expertise in providing state-of-the-art health facilities.
"Working closely with UHB, we leave a lasting legacy with this project, an important new treatment centre which will hugely benefit patients, clinical staff and wider community in Birmingham."
