The Indian government has agreed to provide around $4.6m for the construction of 10 healthcare, education, and cultural facilities in Nepal. The so-called “High Impact Community Development Projects”, or HICDPs,…

China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) has broken ground on a 100-bed hospital in the southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar. The facility will be built on a turnkey basis,…

A multinational consortium has won a contract to build a US$5.1bn expansion of the Queen Elizabeth II infirmary in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada’s PCL Constructors and B+H Architects are teaming…

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has announced a design for a palliative care unit for the Sankt Lukas Hospice in Hellerup, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen. The expansion…

A consortium led by France’s Eiffage has signed a €51m design-build contract to build an institute of biology and pathology at the Bordeaux University Hospital Centre site in Pessac. The…

Skanska has won a €48.75m contract from the Västra Götaland region to renovate and expand the Eastern Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The project includes remodelling on two levels in the…

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has been announced as the architect for the Jawaher Boston Medical District in the Sharjah emirate of the UAE. The project will contain a 266-bed…

A US$1.3bn healthcare campus has broken ground on the shores of Hudson Bay in Canada. The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority redevelopment will provide remote and isolated communities in northern Ontario…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €100m tranche of funding for the Laakso hospital complex in Helsinki, bringing the total amount loaned to €480m. The scope of work…

A consortium led by Eiffage Construction has won one of France’s largest public investments of the decade: a €1.3bn contract to design and build the Grand Paris Nord teaching hospital…

Swedish contractor Skanska announced on Tuesday that it had signed a contract with Lee Health to build a hospital and office building in Fort Myers, Florida. The $435m project will…

Bouygues Construction is leading the consortium chosen to deliver a €235m refurbishment of Argenteuil Hospital in the northwest suburbs of Paris. Bouygues has a €129m stake in the project, which…

Ground has broken on the Terrell State Hospital building, a 275-bed, $573m psychiatric unit that will replace a similar facility that dates back to 1885. Funded by the Texas Legislature…

Cimic subsidiary CPB Contractors and UK-based Multiplex Construction have been shortlisted to build the US$680m Northside Hospital Project in Canberra. The facility will join the North Canberra Hospital campus in…

A joint venture between US engineer Aecom and UK consultants Curry & Brown and Gleeds will build two hospitals in the cities of Piura and Trujillo in northeastern Peru. Peru’s…

An eight-storey, 45,000-sq-m hospital building has been completed at Canberra Hospital, the first in Australia to run fully on electrical power. Built by Australian developer Multiplex, the Critical Services Building…

Ground has been broken on a $3.7bn hospital extension at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, California. The 14-storey, 70m-high building was designed by SmithGroup and is being built by McCarthy…

Ground has broken on a $900m expansion of the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Centre in Wilkes-Barre, northeast Pennsylvania. The scheme is being overseen by Turner Construction and designed by Francis…