Kier has been awarded a 拢115m contract to build a new hospital with 10 wards containing 162 secure mental health beds to replace the facilities currently provided in outdated Victorian buildings.
Kier鈥檚 price is significantly under the 拢150m originally estimated by the client, the West London Mental Health Trust.
Keeping some existing wards in use will give the new hospital a capacity of 234 beds in total.
Work on the hospital is expected to start in December 2013 and phase 1 will be ready to accept patients by January 2017.
Enabling works have already begun on site. Construction of a new haul road off the A3095 began in April 2013 and will last approximately 26 weeks.
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