Overview

The opening up of and extension to the existing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) unit to create a seclusion suite comprising 2nr seclusion rooms, support space and external works.

The new extension is to the rear of the whole facility, infilling a small parcel of land. Access is very tight, and via an unused sports pitch and down a steep gradient. Additionally, it was necessary to break into the occupied building to connect the new steel frame to existing, whilst maintaining watertightness and security.