The milestone clears the best way for development to begin subsequent yr on the 185-acre Wester Moffat website in Airdrie.
Laing O’Rourke is main pre-construction on the Monklands Alternative Venture, including to its monitor document of delivering 18 main hospitals since 2010.
The prevailing Monklands Hospital would get replaced on completion of the brand new hospital in 2031 and will later be remodeled right into a well being and wellbeing village.
NHS Lanarkshire chair Martin Hill mentioned the approval represented “a very powerful milestone in current reminiscence”, with the complete enterprise case giving assurance on design, service planning and scientific pathways.
Chief government Louise Lengthy mentioned the venture was a “trailblazing” alternative to embed digital healthcare programs and sustainable design from day one, delivering Scotland’s first main acute hospital constructed to net-zero requirements for each development and operation.
Venture director Graeme Reid mentioned finishing the ultimate enterprise case was “the results of years of onerous work” by board groups and exterior advisers, shifting the Monklands Alternative Venture into its ultimate approval part.
