Beacon Centre for Health, Swansea

Client Objectives

• Bring six users under one roof to create a primary care centre for the east of Swansea
• Develop a new brand for the facility’s user group
• Gain help with disposal of existing healthcare premises

Development Solution

• Creation of modern primary care facility at the prestigious SA1 development
• BREEAM ‘Excellent’ energy-efficient building
• EPC rating ‘B’
• Combined heat and power system
• Apollo arranged the disposal of the previous premises
• Four-storey atrium space with internal ornamental fig tree
• Split-level waiting areas
• Bespoke brand created for the centre’s user group
• Three balconies with view over Swansea Bay and docks
• Automated stack ventilation system

Result

The team at Apollo are always on hand to offer help and advice when needed, especially Rob James, whose hard work and dedication to see this project to the end has been fantastic. The building is a representation of his hard work and a well-deserved pat on the back for him
Debbie Buss, practice manager, Harbourside Health Centre

It is nice to finally sit in our new facility and be satisfied not just that everything has been built to plan but also that it looks and feels even better than expected. Apollo, as a company and on an individual basis with all involved, deserves great credit for that. Always fair, honest and approachable, the team around Rob James was first and foremost very reliable.
Joel Seith, practice manager, Eastside Dental Centre

PROJECT DETAILS

Project type: Creation of Swansea’s largest primary care facility

Project value: £7.5m

Size:
3,300 sq m;
8 GPs;
up to 15,000 patients

Delivery: 72 weeks

Client/occupiers:
Harbourside Health Centre;
SA1 Medical Centre;
Eastside Dental Centre;
Swansea University College of Medicine;
ABM University Health Board;
Co-operative Pharmacy