Mace brought in to manage Carillion’s Liverpool hospital as Laing O’Rourke restarts work

By Jordan Marshall2018-11-26T12:32:00

Trust says O’Rourke was “not prepared to take any risk” on the job

Mace has been called in to help complete the new Liverpool hospital stalled by Carillion’s collapse, according to the NHS trust behind the scheme.

In October the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed Laing O’Rourke would manage the construction contract but new documents have revealed Mace has also been brought in to get the £350m project back on track.

In public board papers published ahead of tomorrow’s meeting of the trust’s board it was revealed that Mace had been brought in to help manage the risk associated with the scheme – and that Laing was “not prepared to take any risk” on the scheme.

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