Case Study
Maximum Safety In The HUS “Underworld”
www.cabling.datwyler.com © 2016 Datwyler Cabling Solutions. All rights reserved. Photos: Pistesarjat Oy. 1 The Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) hospital district is the largest in Finland. It comprises 21 hospitals, including the capital’s University Central Hospital (HUCH) and the Meilahti hospital in the eponymous district of Helsinki. There are extensive subterranean structures on the Mei- lahti Hospital site, for example an underground car park, access tunnel, storage yard, waste disposal yard and phar- macy stockroom. Hospital staff jokingly refer to these as the “underworld”. Highest safety standards The University Central Hospital insists on the highest possible quality and safety standards when building in the “underworld”. Thus between 2013 and 2015 almost 50 ki