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NCC wins Swedish hospital contract

23 Feb 17 NCC is to expand Ryhov County Hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, under a contract with an estimated value of SEK800m (£71m).

The project will take the form of a partnering contract; NCC and Region Jönköping County have jointly drawn up system documents, the project budget and detailed design plans for the project.

“We are planning a major investment to improve and modernize the Ryhov County Hospital in Jönköping that will include a state-of-the-art emergency department and several new healthcare units,” said Tomas Calmviken, property manager of Region Jönköping County. “There is a substantial need to increase capacity at the hospital and this project will make it possible.”

The new building will be constructed north of the existing hospital and its facilities will include an additional emergency ward with 48 beds, two wards for medicine, complete with day care and reception centers and a mammography centre. There will also be educational premises, which will be used for medical training conducted by the University of Linköping. The total floor space will be 34,000m2 spread across six storeys.

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