Engineered once, deployable many times.
A project-based modular hospital is a custom-engineered healthcare facility built to the specific clinical brief of the procuring authority — ministry of health, university teaching hospital, private healthcare operator, or international development partner. structmod design-build delivery begins with the functional programme (departmental schedule, bed mix, case mix, outpatient throughput, diagnostic capability) and ends with a commissioned, clinically-certified hospital that matches the brief exactly — not a standard catalogue product adapted to the site.
The design process starts with a clinical workshop where structmod medical planners, your clinical team, the host-country ministry of health representative, and any retained consultants (infection control, medical equipment, biomedical engineering) work through the functional programme floor by floor, room by room, until every clinical adjacency, utility requirement, equipment footprint and compliance standard is documented. This becomes the design brief that drives architecture, structural, MEP, and fit-out engineering through to the full tender package. Every decision is traceable to a clinical or compliance requirement, which protects the project from scope creep and de-risks approval processes.
structmod delivers project-based modular hospitals across healthcare niches: primary care and outpatient-focused hospitals (typically 20-80 beds), district general hospitals with comprehensive secondary care (80-200 beds), tertiary referral hospitals with specialty services (200-500 beds), specialty hospitals (cardiac, maternity, paediatric, oncology) and expansion wings integrated into existing hospital campuses. Every project is engineered to destination-country building codes, Eurocode 8 seismic, IEC 60364-7-710 medical electrical, ministry-of-health departmental standards, and applicable infection control guidelines (CDC, ECDC, HBN UK, or national equivalent). Lead time is 8-18 months from contract signature depending on project scale and regulatory complexity.
Typical deployment sequence
- Month 1 — site preparation, foundation works, utilities trenching
- Month 2–3 — primary steel structure erection (EN 1090 EXC-3)
- Month 3–5 — envelope closure, roofing, curtain wall
- Month 5–7 — MEP rough-in, medical gas, emergency power
- Month 7–10 — interior fit-out, equipment installation
- Month 10–12 — commissioning, FAT/SAT, user training
- Month 12 — clinical handover with full O&M dossier
Spec sheet — STR-3029
| Overall length | 14.9 m · 48.9 ft |
|---|---|
| Width (transport) | 2.99 m |
| Width (deployed) | 2.99 m |
| Height (transport) | 3.20 m |
| Floor area (deployed) | 44.6 m² |
| Dry weight | 14.9 t |
| Chassis | EN 10025 S355JR hot-rolled steel · EN 1090 EXC-3 |
| Welding quality | EN ISO 3834-2 · certified RWC (IWE) |
| Envelope | Sandwich panel, PIR core 80 mm · λ ≈ 0.023 W/(m·K) |
| Fire resistance | EI-30 · tested to EN 13501-2 |
| Floor | Marine plywood on EPDM · R-10 slip rating |
| Electrical | 120/240 V · 60 Hz (US-spec) · IEC 60364 compliant |
| HVAC | Packaged rooftop · MERV-13 |
| Operating range | −25 °C to +50 °C ambient |
| Wind rating | Designed for 150 km/h basic wind (EN 1991-1-4) |
| Seismic design | Per EN 1998-1 (Eurocode 8) · ductility class DCM |
| Transport | ISO 668 footprint · CSC plate eligible (container variants) |
| Setup time | 4–16 weeks on site |
Full drawings, calculation notes, DoP, O&M manual and FAT report included with every unit. Specs indicative — configurable to project requirements.