North District Hospital (NDH) is the first hospital completely planned and built by the Hospital Authority. NDH have 618 in-patient beds and provide a full range of acute general services including 24-hour Accident and Emergency Services. The Hospital aims at achieving a more balanced approach on in-patient and out-patient services with major focus on ambulatory care. Ambulatory care services will include an A&E Department, a day surgery centre, day procedure centre, psychiatric day hospital and geriatric day hospital.  JRP was commissioned as HA’s E&M design consultant responsible for developing the concept design and performance specification of the E&M systems, and subsequently the design checker for the design and built contract during construction phase.