Key Facts
- Client: University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust
- Balfour Beatty companies involved: Balfour Beatty Capital, Balfour Beatty Construction, Haden Young, Balfour Beatty Construction Plant and Fleet Services and Haden Building Management
- Balfour Beatty Capital was awarded the 40-year, £553 million contract, for the new Birmingham Acute and Adult Psychiatric Hospitals
- It is the first new general hospital in Birmingham for 70 years and the largest community healthcare development outside London
- Financial close was reached by its Public Private Partnership (PPP) concession company, Consort Healthcare (Birmingham), in June 2006
- Balfour Beatty’s shareholding is 40%. The two shareholder partners are Royal Bank Projects 30% and HSBC Investment Management 30%
- Balfour Beatty’s total committed investment is £23 million, which will be invested between 2009 and 2010
- The PPP (also known as PFI) contract involves the design, construction, financing, maintenance and management of the lifecycle replacement of the new hospitals
- The concession is for 35 years, following completion of the five-year, two-month construction period
- Balfour Beatty and other employee numbers on site are predicted to peak at around 1,500
- The mental health facilities are due to open in 2008, followed by the main acute facilities in 2010
- Final completion is due in 2012, when the hospital will accommodate over 1,300 beds – 21% more than the facilities it will replace
- The construction work is being carried out by a joint venture between Balfour Beatty Construction and Haden Young
- Off-site construction is key to the timely delivery of this large and complex project. Pre-fabricated building components and modularised building services are bringing safety, programme and quality benefits
- Balfour Beatty Civil and Construction Plant Services provided temporary office and welfare facilities, plus tower cranes and other strategic plant
- Facilities management services will be provided by Haden Building Management
