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Skanska lands $470m share of US hospital

28 Nov 11 Skanska and its joint venture partner Mapp Õ¥Ö­¼§ have been picked to build the first phase of the new University Medical Center in New Orleans for the state of Louisiana.

The contract amounts to US$522m (£327.7m) and Skanska’s share is 90%, which amounts to US$470m (£295m).

Major project components of the contract include hospital towers with an area of 52,000m2, catering for 424 in-patients, an adjoining 70 000m2 diagnostic and treatment centre and 150,000m2 of associated site work including utility installation, lighting, roadways and parking.

The hospital is expected to open in February 2015.

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