BAM Construct has won a £16m contract to build an office block at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
The contractor will build the 4,500sq m administration office block through the Designed For Life Welsh health framework.
It will take the total value of BAM work at the hospital to almost £80m after previous projects to improve its infrastructure, extend and refurbish a specialist rehabilitation centre, and add a three-storey new-build extension.
The ground floor of the new building will house some clinical examination rooms, while the rest of the building will be consultation offices and open-plan administration space.
The scheme will allow the hospital to consolidate all administrative roles in one place, freeing up rooms throughout the hospital for patient treatment.
Final decisions on the site of the block within the Morriston Hospital site, and the shape of the final building, have not yet been taken.
BAM project manager, Justin Price, said: “The project helps provide more continuity for our established local suppliers, extending our hard work to make sure our work benefits the local community, economy and environment as well as staff and patients at the hospital.’
BAM expects to start on site in January and to complete the project 12 months later.
The architect for the scheme is Stantec.