Lawler Consulting provided Mechanical & Electrical Building Services Engineering for Waterford Primary Care Centre – a modern 4,700m² healthcare facility developed as part of Ireland’s Primary Care Centre PPP programme, bringing essential community health services together in an energy-efficient, patient-focused environment.
Modern primary care facilities must accommodate a diverse range of clinical and community services, each with different operational and environmental requirements.
For Waterford Primary Care Centre, the challenge was to deliver a coordinated building services design that supported these varied functions while creating a welcoming, comfortable and accessible environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Drawing on our experience of healthcare design standards, including Health Technical Memoranda (HTM) and Health Building Notes (HBN), Lawler Consulting developed mechanical and electrical solutions suited to the building’s clinical functions and day-to-day operation.
Energy efficiency and occupant wellbeing were key considerations throughout the design process.
Thermal modelling was incorporated at design stage, enabling the team to assess building performance and support decisions around the internal environment.
Natural ventilation formed part of the building services strategy, with particular attention to daylight, ventilation and occupant comfort.
The design also incorporated specialist healthcare services, including medical gases, alongside lighting controls and other essential electrical infrastructure.
This integrated approach contributed to the facility achieving an A3 Building Energy Rating, demonstrating how energy performance and healthcare requirements can be considered together from the earliest design stages.
Waterford Primary Care Centre formed part of a landmark PPP healthcare programme delivered using BIM Level 2.
Lawler Consulting developed the exemplar M&E design for the Dungarvan Primary Care Centre, which provided the basis for the wider group of facilities, including Waterford.
Working within a BIM-led design environment enabled coordinated mechanical and electrical design across the project, supporting the integration of building services within a complex healthcare setting.
This approach demonstrated the value of consistent engineering standards and digital coordination across a multi-site public healthcare programme.
The completed Waterford Primary Care Centre provides modern accommodation for a range of community healthcare services, helping bring care closer to the people who need it.
The project received Gold at the 2019 Irish Construction Excellence Awards, in the Education or Healthcare Building category, recognising the quality of the completed development.
For Lawler Consulting, the project demonstrates the value of combining specialist healthcare engineering knowledge, BIM-led coordination and building performance expertise to deliver efficient, patient-focused healthcare environments.
From community healthcare centres to complex clinical environments, Lawler Consulting delivers coordinated Mechanical & Electrical design solutions that support patient wellbeing, operational efficiency and long-term building performance.
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