Vale Wildlife Rescue - dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of Bristish wildlife

New hospital

On this page you will find a story in pictures of the building of our new hospital. An activity that should have taken only a few months took over a year! The photos below are low resolution thumbnails to speed up the display of this page. To view a larger version just click on the photo of interest and the picture will appear in a new window on the screen - but please be aware that the larger picture may take some time to download dependant upon the speed of your connection! 

Our original hospital building which was in very poor state and beyond repair.

Front view of old hospital building - oldhospital1.jpg (54459 bytes)

Preparation of the site (11/5/2000)

Preparation of the site (11/5/2000). The new hospital site is to the left on this photo and our old hospital is the large grey portakin in the centre - 11May2k_2.jpg (75524 bytes) Preparation of the site (11/5/2000) - 11May2k_1.jpg (82314 bytes)

Preparation of the site (12/5/2000)

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Preparation the footings of the building (15/5/2000)

Preparation the footings of the building (15/5/2000) - hosp1505_0.jpg (61929 bytes) Now where should I put my desk??? hosp1505_2.jpg (63264 bytes) Preparation the footings of the building (15/5/2000) - hosp1805.jpg (61220 bytes)

Footings in place (18/5/2000)

Footings in place (18/5/2000) - hosp1805_4.jpg (64463 bytes)

Footings complete (25/5/2000)

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Erecting the building (26/5/2000)

The building arrives on the back of a lorry! - hosp2605_7.jpg (58127 bytes) Unloading the lorry - hosp2605_9.jpg (51615 bytes) hosp2605_15.jpg (57841 bytes) hosp2605_18.jpg (60545 bytes) hosp2605_26.jpg (52254 bytes) hosp2605_32.jpg (58481 bytes) hosp2605_36.jpg (59885 bytes)   The basic outline now starts to appear - hosp2705_38.jpg (60435 bytes)

 

The roof takes shape

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4/7/2000

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Meanwhile construction carries on inside

4/7/00

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17/7/2000

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10/8/00

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20/8/00

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Sept / Oct 2000 - Unfortunately progress on the building was delayed as the original sub-contractors went in to liquidation. A new sub-contractor was appointed and work recommenced in November 2000 -

November 2000

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December 2000

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In January 2001 we hit problems with our new contractors - as a result it was decided by the Trustees that contractors should be asked to leave and we would now work directly with the builders to get it finished. However this now meant a completion cost  of at least £50,000 more than the original contract price!!!  

But at last the work is underway and nearing completion. See the final stages below:

February 2001

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March 2001

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April 2001

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June 2001

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And finally our Grand Opening day of 1st July 2001

Front entrace leading to reception - 13_openday2001.jpg (46149 bytes) Side entrance from outdoor animal pens - 12_openday2001.jpg (48217 bytes) staff parking area at the baack of the hospital building - 10_openday2001.jpg (41681 bytes) main reception - 4_openday2001.jpg (28430 bytes) the main corridor from reception - 5_openday2001.jpg (33051 bytes) food preparation room - 6_openday2001.jpg (27798 bytes) looking in to the brooder room from the main corridor - 8_openday2001.jpg (22373 bytes) looking in to the wash room from the main corridor - 9_openday2001.jpg (30832 bytes)

 

Now that we have moved in to the new building we are obviously very pleased and relieved as we don't think that our old building would have seen us through another winter. However the delays and other issues throughout the building work have resulted in a  significant increase in the building costs. Therefore we are continuing with our fund raising activities to help pay for the additional building costs and to equip more areas of the building. If you would like to support us in this work please see the 'how to help' area of this web site (click on the highlighted link to go to the page).

 

 

Vale Wildlife Rescue

Registered charity No. 702888

email info@vwr.org.uk
telephone - 01386 882288 (treatment & rehabilitation)
Last updated 19 May, 2008

 

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