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Homes acquired during the previous hospital project and the former Jersey Water HQ could become worker accommodation and offices to help facilitate the construction and eventual operation of Jersey's new acute hospital, Express has learned.
The Government has put out several tenders seeking design and construction services in relation to Westmount Terrace apartments and Mulcaster House.
The former relate to publicly-owned properties to the east of Westmount Road, while the latter concerns the former headquarters of Jersey Water sold for £3.2m in 2021 under the previous Our Hospital scheme.
Concept imagery and videos showcasing the designs for Jersey's proposed acute hospital were revealed earlier this year, as Health Minister Tom Binet hopes to drive forward the New Healthcare Facilities Programme.
Pictured: Initial design imagery showcasing plans for the new hospital at Overdale were unveiled earlier this year.
The recently published tenders have revealed that properties at Westmount Terrace could be rebuilt to provide both short-term accommodation for the project and construction teams, as well as ultimately providing purpose-built key worker living accommodation.
Meanwhile, the reconfiguration and refurbishment of Mulcaster House is intended to provide a new temporary office for the staff working on the programme and, eventually, a "fully functional facilities management office" to support the new hospital.
Pictured: Demolition work has been taking place at Overdale since last year in preparation for construction of the new acute hospital.
Contacted by Express, the Government said in a statement: "The New Healthcare Facilities (NHF) is a programme of projects. One of the reasons for delivering the scheme in this manner is to optimise opportunities for the local construction industry.
"A number of projects have already been delivered using this approach, and Westmount Terrace and the FM Hub are the latest opportunities."
It added that the programme was seeking to make "best use of these properties" for site offices or accommodation, noting that there will be "intensive construction activities in the surrounding areas" whilst the acute hospital is being built.
The statement continued: "At this time, the potential residents of these properties have not been identified and exact numbers are not known.
"The programme team is currently exploring the different procurement routes for the New Healthcare Facilities seeking to blend Island expertise with those with wider experience of delivering very technical acute healthcare buildings.
"The NHF is also a very large building project. The programme team therefore anticipates that there will be some requirement for accommodation of workers, local or off-island."
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