LEIGHTON Contractors has reached contractual close with Healthscope to design and construct Sydney’s new Northern Beaches Hospital
Revenue from the project is approximately $540 million.
Healthscope has been appointed as the Northern Beaches Hospital operator having reached contractual close on an agreement with the NSW Government for the design, construction, financing and operation of the hospital.
“We have been efficiently delivering state-of-the-art hospital infrastructure developments and redevelopments for decades.
“Serving the health sector will remain an important part of our diverse portfolio as Australia continues to meet the changing health demands of a growing and aging population,” Leighton Holdings executive chairman and CEO Marcelino Fernández Verdes said.
Leighton Contractors managing director David Jurd said the Northern Beaches Hospital deliver a 50-space emergency department; 14 operating theatres and six surgical suites; state-of-the-art intensive care and critical care units; and a modern inpatient mental health facility.
Construction is due to begin in early 2015 and hospital is set to open in 2018.
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