Bouygues walked away from contract in February
Skanksa has replaced Bouygues as contractor on a 拢65m extension to Great Ormond Street hospital.
Bouygues walked away from the Centre for Research job in February after working through a preconstruction services agreement with the hospital, but both parties 鈥渕utually agreed鈥� not to move forward to a full contract for the main works.
Great Ormond Street said Skanska has now been appointed as preferred bidder on the job.
A spokesperson for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children鈥檚 Charity said: 鈥淪kanska UK has been selected as the preferred bidder to construct the Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, following a competitive tender process.
鈥淭he new Zayed Centre for Research, designed by award-winning architects Stanton Williams, will enable clinicians and researchers to work side-by-side to accelerate the discovery of new and better treatments for rare diseases.鈥�
Bouygues had originally seen off Skanska to win the project, designed by Llewelyn Davies, which will accommodate clinical wards, a floor devoted to operating theatres and recovery areas and a ground floor occupied by radiology and nuclear medicine departments. It is part of a wider 拢320m development programme at the renowned children鈥檚 hospital.
The scheme involves the demolition of the existing 7-storey building to level four, followed by the reconstruction of the building to level 8 to ensure that the floor levels align with the rest of the hospital.
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