Digital Plus scores at the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease.
Here at Digital Plus, we have recently completed our latest project for The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after printing and overseeing the installation of hoardings surrounding the site of the high-profile new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
The former Leeds Rhinos star was diagnosed with MND in 2019, and since then, he’s raised millions of pounds, along with ex-Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield, to help others living with the disease. This includes fundraising for the state-of-the-art new £6.8million centre, which will be built at Seacroft Hospital.
The hoardings span 130 metres around the perimeter of the site. We managed the procurement and installation of the timber on the NHS Trust’s behalf, in addition to carrying out a site inspection and full survey to assess ground elevations across the site. This enabled us to create digital templates for the artwork, which could be designed in a completely seamless way, regardless of the different steps and levels in the hoarding.
We then produced and installed skirtings for the top and bottom of the hoardings and printed the striking graphics to create a seamless visual that flows with the natural contours of the site.
After considering various options, we opted to print directly onto a 3mm aluminium composite complete with an anti-graffiti finish, which is tough, durable and can be easily cleaned in the event of it being damaged. Crucially, the panels can also be updated as the project progresses.
We then installed it onto the hoardings over a four-day period against a backdrop of wintery dark nights and adverse weather.
In addition to displaying signage about health and safety and marking site entrances, the graphics also include high-definition images of Rob, information about the new centre, details of how to contribute to the fundraising appeal and facts about MND. This is all complemented by other key messages that The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Leeds Hospitals Charity were keen to promote.
Once complete, the new Rob Burrow Centre for MND will comprise of three primary areas in the building, an East and West Wing containing clinical spaces, and a central atrium designed as a community-focused area with reading and quiet spaces, as well as activity and dining areas.
Emma Quinn from The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust said: “It looks great”, leading the job here, was our very own James Vickerman and Gareth Hartley, James had this to say “To be involved in such an important job not just for us but for our city was such an honour, the cause itself and the project as it evolves will change so many lives, it was such a privilege”.
Our head of projects, Gareth Hartley said, “as always, the job was not without its challenges, but I am over the moon with the production quality and installation professionalism on the project which is what we are renowned for, to have the opportunity on working on such an inspiring project in terms of its subject matter was a real privilege”
This latest project comes after we also printed a mammoth 1,000-metre site hoarding for The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s new Leeds Children’s Hospital, which will house the UK’s biggest single-site maternity centre, as well as a new adult hospital at Leeds General Infirmary.
We also have a longstanding relationship with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, spanning everything from large format waterproof posters and hospital signage through to banners to be displayed outside surgeries.
If you’d like to find out how we can assist with and add value to your next large format printing project, contact us now at sales@digitalplus.co.uk or call on 0113 2783133.
