Cooperation agreement 'Building the future' signed

The Streekziekenhuis Koningin Beatrix (SKB) hospital in Winterswijk is fully committed to making the building more sustainable in the coming years. Last week the cooperation agreement 'Building the future' was signed between the SKB and Quadrance, Royal HaskoningDHV, WAM&VanDurenBouw and De Groot Installatiegroep.  

The cooperation marks the start of a long-term sustainability and renovation operation. The SKB is thus investing in a sustainable future for the SKB and good care close by for residents of the Oost-Achterhoek. The foundation for this has been laid in a strategic real estate plan in which the SKB looks ahead 20 years. The focus in the coming years will be on sustainability. By 2030 the SKB aims to meet the statutory sustainability requirements. In addition, the SKB will eventually invest in functional improvements to departments and multi-year maintenance is part of the work.  

Quadrance, Royal HaskoningDHV, WAM&VanDurenBouw and De Groot Installation Group were selected for their expertise. A design and construction team was put together with these parties and technical specialists from the SKB. Director Edwin Maalderink: "With this specialized team with largely regional cooperation partners, we are going to make great strides for a sustainable future. The most important task is to achieve the sustainability goals in 2030. In 2023 we are committed to the Green Deal Zorg 3.0. An important objective of this is to reduce CO2 emissions. We are going to work hard on that." To achieve the goals, the roof will be replaced and insulated and the glass will be replaced with a more sustainable variant. In addition, the SKB is replacing the power plant for a completely gasless and sustainable solution by 2030. In this way, the SKB will achieve a savings of at least 55% in CO2 emissions. 

With the strategic real estate plan, the SKB looks more than 20 years ahead with the goal of a sustainable building that matches the care needed for residents in the Oost-Achterhoek. The plan outlines three main components. Sustainability is the most important of these. In addition, the SKB is committed to using the building more efficiently. This will create room for cooperation with partners within the SKB walls and enable the SKB to respond better to developments in digital care, among other things. The third component in the plan is investments in functional improvements to departments. Examples are internal renovations of departments but also replacements in departments such as ICU, SEH, OR or obstetrics to stay up-to-date.

The sustainability operation and other renovations will be worked out and implemented in phases and per building section. The desire is to start this fall with the replacement and insulation of the roof of the buildings where Fraaii and physiotherapy practice Vers Gras are located. In the coming period the focus will be on working out the designs for the parts of the building that will be started first.