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'Make Ready Centre' is where ambulance crews begin and end their shifts before being sent to 'Ambulance Community Response Posts' from which they will respond to 999 emergencies during their shift.

At the MRC ambulances are prepared by a team of specialists who clean, restock and check the equipment on ambulances before the beginning and at the end of every shift. Under the Make Ready programme, vehicles are regularly deep-cleaned and swabbed for the presence of micro-organisms including MRSA and CDiff. 

Each vehicle is fully stocked to a standardised specification with equipment checked and serviced regularly. To reduce the risk of vehicle breakdowns, on-site vehicle maintenance exerts are on-hand to undertake routine checks and maintenance.

This facility includes extensive training facilities, offices and changing rooms. The workshop area was fitted out with vehicle hoists, compressed air systems and dedicated vehicle extract systems. 

External services included bulk fuel storage, fuel dispensing facility, standby generator and vehicle washing.

Contract Value: £5m

Client: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS 

Architect: LA Architects

Project Manager: Chawton Hill

Quantity Surveyor: Sawyer & Fisher

Structural Engineer: Millwood

Services provided by Mecserve: Building services engineering, energy analysis & simulation, sustainability benchmarking and an overseeing role for the client