Rapid construction and advanced technology for a Covid-19 field hospital in Wuhan, China. Issue 1 (10th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Man; Chen, Yaying; Su, Xiaolong; An, Ling
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of ICE. Volume 174:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 34
• Publication Date: 2020-09-10
• Subjects: buildings, structures & design -- project management -- structural frameworks; Civil engineering -- Periodicals; 624
• DOI: 10.1680/jcien.20.00024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0965-089X

Abstract

Abstract : A specialised emergency field hospital was constructed in record time in Wuhan, China shortly after the initial outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Covering an area of 34 000 m 2 and providing 1000 beds, Huoshenshan Hospital was more advanced and had more rigorous isolation systems than most current infectious-disease hospitals, but it was delivered in just 10 days. The rapid construction benefited from a unique modular design, over 4000 people who worked around the clock and a series of advanced technologies such as building information modelling, modular construction and 5G communications. The hospital played a crucial role in controlling the pandemic in China.