Carillion wins £335m Royal Liverpool contract
CONSTRUCTION group Carillion has won the £335m contract to deliver the new Royal Liverpool Hospital, which will be the largest in the country.
It was up against Horizon, a consortium made up of Interserve, John Laing and FCC, for the job.
Construction, due to start in January, is forecast to contribute around £240m to the local economy, creating the equivalent of some 750 full-time jobs. Carillion plans to hire 60% of the workforce locally and create up to 100 apprenticeships.
The project will also pave the way for a Liverpool BioCampus on the site of the current hospital, which will be at the heart of the city’s Knowledge Quarter and aim to make it a global centre of excellence in biomedical sciences.
When complete in 2017 the hospital will have 646 beds, including a 40-bed critical care Unit, 18 operating theatres and one of the largest emergency departments in the North West. Carillion said it will be one of the “greenest” hospitals with renewable energy systems, low carbon technology, water meters and leak detection systems.
In addition to carrying out the construction work, the company will deliver support services which it expects to generate £80m over a 30-year period. Carillion also expects to invest some £24m of equity in the project.
Chief executive Richard Howson said: “This is our sixteenth PPP (public private partnership hospital in the UK and I believe our selection for this project reflects Carillion’s outstanding reputation for delivering high-quality, value for money projects. We look forward to working in partnership with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospital Trust to deliver a state-of-the-art hospital that will bring substantial benefits to the people of Liverpool.”
Aidan Kehoe, chief executive of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to unveil the design for the new Royal today. The Royal is at the very heart of our city and the creation of a world-class, cutting-edge hospital will transform healthcare in Liverpool.
“It means that we can create the Liverpool BioCampus, which will spearhead the transformation of the Knowledge Quarter into a bustling and cosmopolitan hub. It is a unique opportunity to put the city on the world-stage, along with cities like Boston and Singapore. This is incredibly exciting for the people of the city.”
