1. There is a bird's eye view from the roof for David Pick, facilities manager for WS Atkins, Steve Coldicott, services manager for Mercia Healthcare, Eric Price of McAlpine Haden, Ken Lee of Hereford Hospitals Trust, Simon Redsull of Sodexho and Bob Tucker, general manager of Mercia Healthcare 82635/19.

2. Casting an eye over the boiler room is Vic Gammage of Hereford, formerly employed by the hospital trust and now working with W.S Atkins. "After all the years in the old building this is a very exciting day, I can tell you,'' he said. 82635/6.

3. It's a proud moment for Graham Vaughan, Mercia Healthcare's construction manager as he stands outside the completed support building for Hereford's new hospital.

Graham, who lives in Kington, used to work with Hereford Hospitals Trust and has 15 years' experience in health care engineering in Herefordshire. He is responsible for the timely completion of the whole hospital contract 82635/23.

4. Former hospital maintenance worker Ken Symonds was invited back to look at some of the new facilities 82635/10..

5. Taking a look at the complex heating and ventilating system are Ken Lee, left, director of facilities for the hospital trust, David Pick, right ,facilities manager for WS Atkins of Mercia Healthcare consortium, and, in the centre, retired maintenance worker Ken Symonds who once worked with both of them at Hereford hospitals 82635/14.

6. Simon Redsull of Sodexho and Steve Coldicott of Mercia Healthcare looking at just one of the controls in the sterile services department 82635/22.