Type: Hospitals

Emily Siddon Building, University of Huddersfield

In February, 2025, we began work on site at the University of Huddersfield, delivering the SFS, internal partitions, and ceilings for the new Emily Siddon Building in partnership with Kier Construction.

The Emily Siddon Building, is the second facility on the National Health Innovation Campus and contains specialist clinical teaching facilities, an NHS Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) and a Health Business Innovation Centre. First through the doors in January 2026 were students from the University’s Diagnostic Radiography and Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy courses.

With state-of-the-art simulation technology and access to the CDC, students will benefit from learning in a realistic environment, preparing them for their future careers. An MRI simulation scanner that students will use on the first floor is the first of its kind in the UK.

Operated by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), the new CDC will start welcoming patients in early February, offering a wide range of diagnostic testing, such as X-Rays, CT and MRI scans, out of hospital in a convenient location.

The partnership between the University and CHFT is one of the first CDCs on a university campus in the UK.

The 6,800m² facility, designed by architects AHR and built by Kier, is adjacent to the Daphne Steele Building on Southgate, which opened in the autumn of 2024. It is named after Emily Siddon, the healthcare advocate who spent most of her life in nearby Honley, and who strove to improve healthcare and equality for the local population in several prestigious roles that had previously been reserved for men in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Emily Siddon Building will also be home to a Health Business Innovation Centre for local entrepreneurs or start-ups and organisations looking to benefit from locating with the University on the campus.

Following on from the Daphne Steele Building achieving Platinum Level WELL Certification, the Emily Siddon Building has also been built to a Platinum WELL standard. This standard prioritises the health and wellbeing of those using the building through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind.

 

Mansfield Community Diagnostics Centre

At the end of 2024, we partnered with Kier Construction to deliver the SFS, internal partitions and ceilings in the new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) at Mansfield Community Hospital, along with the full refurbishment of the adjacent block.

This purpose-built facility will enable patients to access the tests and investigations they need in a single visit, helping to speed up referral’s and support quicker diagnoses or ‘all clear’ outcomes.

As Nottinghamshire’s first dedicated CDC, it is set up to provide around 130,000 additional diagnostic tests each year – a major boost for local healthcare capacity!

We were thrilled to recieve personal thanks from Project Manager, Daniel Manlove, recognising our team’s hard work and contribution to achieve an excellent air test result of 1.2!

It’s certainly a project we’re proud to have been a part of!

Grimsby Community Diagnostic Centre

In 2024, we were appointed by Morgan Sindall to install the partition walls and suspended ceilings in Grimsby’s new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) within Freshney Place.

The £10 million NHS CDC will offer a range of diagnostic tests, helping to detect serious conditions such as cancer and heart disease. The facility is expected to facilitate around 120,000 diagnostic appointments each year, excluding a future eye disorder area, and to bring a major boost to town centre footfall.

GO Interiors were used to supply Siniat plasterboards and metal systems for the construction of the partition walls. Encon provided Zentia grid ceiling materials, which we installed as part of the suspended ceiling works.

We also installed specialist lead shielding in the x-ray rooms of the CDC and putty pad fire stopping under FIRAS certification.

Scunthorpe Hospital SDEC

The Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit marks the final phase of investment in urgent and emergency care in northern Lincolnshire. The investment has been to provide modern, well-equipped facilities that are purpose-built to meet community needs for years to come. The units are designed to work in harmony, helping reduce demand and waiting times by making it easier for patients to be seen by expert clinicians.
Ace’s scope of works include: Internal Wall Linings, Partitions and Plastering (British Gypsum) and Suspended Ceilings (Zentia).

Tees Valley CDC Stockton

This new facility in Stockton town centre will deliver provide rapid tests for health issues like cancer, heart and lung disease with X-rays, ultrasound, CT and MRI scans, blood tests, cardiology and respiratory checks.
Ace’s scope of works include: SFS (Metsec), External Weather Defence Board (Siniat), Internal Wall Linings, Partitions and Plastering (British Gypsum) and Suspended Ceilings (Rockfon).

Grimsby Hospital A&E

ACE Partitions & Ceilings Ltd were awarded a £820k SFS, drylining and ceilings package for the new emergency department situated at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby . Under contract from Kier Construction who are the main contractor on the £17.9m emergency department being built for Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust. The new department doubles the size of the old unit and is set to provide first-class facilities for the local community. The standalone building consists of rapid assessment treatment areas, resuscitation and minor, majors and paediatric assessment cubicles. ACE’s works involve SFS and sheathing board, internal partitions, external wall linings, beam and column encasements, plastering works, MF ceilings, bulkhead and grid ceilings.