Aden Group, one of Asia’s largest integrated facility management firms, is to lead a consortium of companies to develop a turnkey, ready-to-use infectious disease hospital solution to help in the fight against Covid-19.

The aim behind the new initiative is that the hospital could be quickly deployed and easily maintained in countries severely impacted by the disease and urgently in need of high-quality medical facilities.

“By using the 3DExperience platform, we hope to develop a solution that would enable us to reduce engineering changes, maintain a rapid development schedule, and meet delivery commitments quickly and effectively, as well as ensure long-term hospital maintenance and safety in anticipation of further pandemics,” said Francois Amman and Joachim Poylo, co-founders, Aden Group.

Virtual twin experience

Initially working together with Dassault Systèmes, the companies plan full adoption of a virtual twin experience to develop new hospital engineering, construction and operations processes. This will be achieved by leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience platform and Aden Group’s Akila Care smart and connected hospital concept.

The solution relies on a virtual collaborative environment for the design, simulation and development of hospitals that can be built and operational within 100 days.

“By using the 3DExperience platform, we hope to develop a solution that would enable us to reduce engineering changes and maintain a rapid development schedule.”

Dassault Systèmes worked with China’s Central-South Architectural Design Institute (CSADI) to support the simulation and evaluation of virus dispersal in the confined environment of the modular Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China, constructed in 14 days.

CSADI and Dassault Systèmes used the 3DExperience platform’s simulation capabilities to simulate virus contamination and diffusion within the hospital’s ventilation system and to counteract the negative effects from unplanned ventilation risks.

Collaboration

As part of the collaboration, the two companies plan to assemble a consortium of companies specialised in medical equipment, engineering and construction to offer the solution to countries needing it most.

“In a global context where decisiveness and rapid action are essential to help in the fight against Covid-19, combining quickly buildable modular architecture with a digital platform can accelerate the construction of a cutting-edge medical facility and ensure it is fully operational in record time,” said Amman.