Construction site of the Faculty of Medicine Science Centre. February, 2023. Photo: VU MF
The construction of the Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Science Centre, which began a year ago, is nearing completion. Most of the works have already been implemented.
According to Antanas Čirikas, the building’s Construction Manager, by 26 January 2023 the installation of the monolithic structures in blocks E and L had already been completed. The following work is in progress: the installation of concrete slabs on the second floor in block D and on the first floor in block C; the installation of monolithic slabs on the first floor in blocks A and B, and the mounting of the aluminium façade and glazing in block E. Also underway, is the installation of the HVAC, the water supply and waste water removal network, and the fire safety systems in blocks A, B, C, D, E, and L, and earthing and the lightning protection systems in the basement and ground floor of these blocks.
During this period, internal partitions in blocks C, D, E, and L were erected; the sand and gravel backfill of the basement and ground floor was completed; prefabricated reinforced concrete stairwells were mounted in blocks C, E, and L; 22 geothermal wells were prepared. The outdoor retaining wall frames are being built for pouring concrete, and the installation of the outdoor engineering systems is carried out.
Construction site of the Faculty of Medicine Science Centre. February, 2023. Photo: VU MF
As a reminder, on 3 December 2021, the official launch of the construction of a modern VU Faculty of Medicine Science Centre will be commemorated with a symbolic capsule laying ceremony in Vilnius Santaros Valley, next to the existing Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics (2 Žaliųjų Ežerų Street).
The total cost of this project, which includes the construction of the building and the provision of state-of-the-art scientific equipment, amounts to 47.1 million euros, of which, 33.1 million euros will be covered by the European Regional Development Fund.
The new centre will have specialised scientific laboratories and operating theatres for the Genetic Research Centre, the physiology, biochemistry, microbiology and laboratory medicine, infectious diseases and dermatovenerology, chest diseases, immunology and allergology, dentistry, neurology and neurosurgery, cardiovascular departments and clinics plus a few more, with a total area of about 19 thousand square meters.
It will also accommodate a number of medical study programmes, a simulation centre for the development of practical skills in an environment as close as possible to the real working environment, conference rooms, auditoriums, rooms for conferences, meetings and seminars, offices for researchers and postgraduate students, and rooms for practical classes.
Visualisation of VU Faculty of Medicine Science Center