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| 22nd September 2008
- 'Topping-off' ceremony |
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Today we celebrated the 'topping-off' of our new building. Many of our staff attended along with the contractors responsible for the build and our architect.
The contractors very kindly presented Mr Daya with two young oak trees to replace an established old tree that had been uprooted to make way for the building's foundations. |
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| 28th August - roof going on |
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Half the building is now covered and the next major milestone is within sight. We are aiming to have the whole building covered by the end of September so that we can safely move in to kitting out the luxury interior through the winter. |
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| 17th July 2008
- our building starts to take shape |
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Things are really happening fast now. In little more than a month the majority of the walls are now up and the roof trusses are being hoisted into place.
Taking a wander around the maze of internal rooms on the ground floor you can start to get an idea of the scale of the building. |
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| 7th June 2008 - theatre walls are up |
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The theatre walls are up and the external brickwork is starting to give us a glimpse of what is to come.
The upper half of the building will be clad with wood and the roof will be zinc - there is no disputing that the award winning architects, Toh Shimazaki, have done a stunning job! |
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8th May 2008 - site cleared |
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The site has now been cleared and the foundations are almost down. The first walls are going up to support the steep bank to the side of the building.
The bank is topped with newly laid track ready for an extension to the famous Bluebell Steam Railway which is scheduled to open shortly - another unique feature to Centre for Sight! |
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21st June 2007 - pre-building |
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In recent years we have outgrown the available accommodation at the Queen Victoria Hospital and since 2000 Centre for Sight has been looking to relocate to premises which meet the needs and expectations of a facility of our type.
Following a lengthy process with tremendous support from the Town Council as well as many of our patients, we are pleased to inform you that we now have received planning permission to build a state of the art eye care centre. It is our intention to make this the most modern facility in the UK and will be purpose built and dedicated to medical and surgical eye care. The building will be located at the old site of Hazelden Farm just outside East Grinstead on the B2110 Turners Hill Road. The building will be of high quality and fit right in opposite an area of outstanding natural beauty and there will be no problems parking!
Although we have full planning, the building will be revised to fit in with the topography of the area and also to be environmentally friendly |
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