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| FCC builds a hospital in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Health Group, in which FCC Construcción is the largest shareholder (39%), has been declared Preferred Bidder by Western Health and Social Care Trust to design, build, finance and operate the new hospital in Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. FCC's partners in the consortium are Interserve, AIB and P. Elliott. The announcement comes following a 2-year Competitive Dialogue Procedure (CDP) involving the winning consortium and two other groups, headed by Skanska (Sweden) and Balfour Beatty (UK). Following this announcement, the only remaining step is to close financing for the project and sign the contract; this is expected to take place in the first half of 2009. The New Acute Hospital for the South West, which represents an investment of 267 million pounds sterling (about 335 million euro) and will be built within three years, will have 315 beds in individual rooms in a building of over 60,000 square metres; there will also be an employee accommodation block and an energy management centre, making it one of Europe's most modern buildings in terms of energy efficiency, since will use one-third less energy than similar facilities. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |