Brookfield Multiplex-led consortium wins job to design, build and maintain new children’s hospital in Edinburgh

Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences - Brookfield

Brookfield Multiplex has been appointed the preferred bidder to design, build and maintain a major new £165m children’s hospital in Edinburgh.

NHS Lothian said today it had appointed Integrated Health Solutions Lothian to the job, which is a consortium comprising Brookfield Multiplex, architect HLM, investor Macquarie Capital Group, and Bouygues E&S FM UK.

The consortium will design, build and maintain the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site.

Construction work is expected to start in autumn 2014, with the hospital becoming operational in the summer of 2017.

 Susan Goldsmith, Director of Finance, NHS Lothian said: “The selection of a preferred bidder follows an extensive and thorough evaluation process.

 “This announcement marks a major milestone in what is an extremely exciting project for the people of Lothian and beyond.”

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