Overseas Projects
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Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| Location | Singapore |
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| Completion Date | November / 1998 |
| Client | Ministry of Health |
| Project Overview | 1 buildings / 14 stories, 1211 hospital beds |
| Total Area | 186,467㎡ |
| Notes/Awards | 2001 BCA Construction Excellence Awards - Institutional Buildings(Certificate of Merit) |
The Tan Tok Seng hospital construction project ordered by the Singaporean government, has been to build a large-scale hospital with gross floor area of 175,467㎡, consisting of a 14-story high main hospital building and three 6-story high hospital buildings to accommodate 1,189 beds.
The hospital has been built to provide the best service in the Southeastern Asia region and to grow as the global neuroscience hub, commemorating the legacy of Tan Tock Seng, a philanthropist. The hospital adopts the Swiss federal defense rules and the innovative medical facilities to provide basic medical services in emergencies.
Tan Tock Seng hospital is able to provide the basic medical services including emergent surgeries in wartime, and to protect patients through installation of a civil defense shelter and HPVF (Hospital Protected Vital Facilities), which are aimed to protect the hospital against possible biochemical attacks
A special adaptation for the hospital is the Swiss federal defense rules and in the hospital is installed the biggest civil defense shelter in Singapore which can accommodate approximately 2,100 people and 250 patient beds. The air-conditioning system has been perfectly installed and the shelter has been designed to protect citizens from an external explosion, by controlling the air pressure inside the facility, and to function as the command office in emergencies. Also, to protect itself against possible biochemical attacks, it has installed a special gas filter system that can process the polluted gas flowing in from the outside.
The high density concrete is designed to prevent harm from radioactive contamination
Also, Tan Tock Seng hospital has had added steel panels that are up to 300mm thick in order to prevent the radioactive contamination around the radio surgery department, and has had installed high density concrete with a gravity of 3.2, which is a mixture of concrete and iron ore, to prevent the radioactive contamination that is generated from the cancer treatment facilities.
In addition, for the first time in Southeast Asia, it has employed a computerized automatic water leakage detection system on the main floors to detect water leakage in the central control room and protect the high-tech equipment. In 2001, it won the Singapore construction award in the public construction segment.