Hospital was being built by bust contractor Carillion
The Royal Liverpool Hospital, left unfinished after Carillion鈥檚 collapse, will now not open until at least 2022.
And Steve Warburton, chief executive of Liverpool Hospitals, said the scheme will need an additional 拢300m more to fix defects on site, almost doubling the overall cost of the scheme.
Warburton was speaking at Liverpool city council鈥檚 social care and health select committee on Tuesday night.
The 拢335m scheme, which was originally due to complete in 2017, was being built by Carillion when the firm collapsed in January last year forcing work on site to grind to a halt.
Steve Warburton, Chief Executive of is giving an update on the delays to the new Royal. He says the work to complete it will cost 拢300 million and they are likely to be at the existing hospital for the next three winters, opening in 2022.
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A review carried out by Arup after the firm鈥檚 implosion found major cladding and structural issues at the new hospital.
The cladding fitted did not meet building regulations while cracks were found in several structural beams.
Last month Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust admitted it was still working to find out how to rectify the cladding problem.
A progress report sent to it by project manager Gleeds said work 鈥渨as progressing well, although a solution for the external cladding is still being worked through with specialist advisors鈥�.
The trust has not yet finalised the hospital鈥檚 business case for the additional work on the hospital.
Gleeds was drafted in to project manage the scheme in January this year, while Laing O鈥橰ourke has replaced Carillion as main contractor on the job.
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