West Yorkshire scheme part of 拢200m revamp of services by local NHS trust

Laing O鈥橰ourke has signed up to build a new A&E and clinical building in West Yorkshire for the Calderdale Royal Hospital.

The work is part of a near 拢200m reconfiguration of services at the Halifax hospital and at nearby Huddersfield Royal Infirmary by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

Work at the Calderdale site will involve building a new learning and development centre, multi-storey car park, new wards, an accident and emergency department and specialist paediatric emergency department.

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How part of the new Calderdale hospital will look when completed in 2029

O鈥橰ourke has been increasingly switching its focus away from commercial schemes to what group chief executive, Ray O鈥橰ourke, called 鈥渟trategic sectors鈥� in the company鈥檚 last annual report and which include healthcare, education, science and research and data centres. 

The firm鈥檚 COO Cathal O鈥橰ourke added: 鈥淲e have vast experience working with the NHS, having built 18 hospitals in the last decade and can use our industry-leading experience for Calderdale Royal Hospital.鈥�

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Enabling work at the four-storey hospital is due to start later this year with the scheme set for completion towards the end of 2029.

Laing O鈥橰ourke last August signed a pre-construction services agreement to build a new hospital in Scotland with an expected price tag of 拢700m.

 

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