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The Scottish Government is putting renewed pressure on the NHS Lothian board to begin operational works at a troubled hospital project while remedial construction work is ongoing. Fiona McQueen, the Scottish Government’s chief nursing officer, who also serves as head of the oversight board of Edinburgh’s delayed Royal Hospital for Children…

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is looking to claw back £73m over problems with the £842m Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Multiplex was responsible for the design and build of the facility, which opened in 2015. Last year, a child being treated there died after two people contracted cryptococcus, a fungal…

Multiplex topped the final league table for 2019 thanks to a bumper £1bn redevelopment scheme in London. Top 10 contractors, December 2019 Click here for the full top 50 Contractor No Total (£m) 1 Multiplex 2 1,002.5 2 Murphy 2 317.5 3 Balfour Beatty 3 287.0 4 Vinci 3 230.0…

Checks and balances on the construction of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Children and Young People did not work, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said. The Auditor General for Scotland said key questions remain unanswered about the project, including over an error in tender papers. The facility, built by Integrated Health…

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is set to take legal action against Multiplex over the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the BBC has reported. The NHS trust confirmed to CN it is taking legal action but has yet to outline details. Multiplex has been contacted for comment. The Glasgow facility, for…

High Court judge Lord Brodie has been appointed as chair of the public inquiry into two Multiplex hospitals in Scotland. The inquiry, announced by Scotland's health secretary, Jeane Freeman, in September, will investigate issues at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (pictured) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth…

Scotland’s health secretary Jeane Freeman has said that a decision on whether criminal proceedings could follow a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation into Multiplex’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, will be made by the end of the year. The investigation into the Glasgow hospital was launched in January after a child died…

Construction can still achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 but the industry needs to take into account carbon emissions at every stage of the construction process, a report has said. The manufacturing, transportation, construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure contributes 11 per cent to global carbon emissions, according to…

Conservative shadow cabinet secretary for health Miles Briggs has called on Scottish ministers to confirm by next week that there are no further issues with Glasgow and Edinburgh’s troubled hospital developments. In a Scottish parliament debate on NHS construction projects, Mr Briggs said he wanted “assurance and clarity” on the…

The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry after the discovery of ventilation problems at two hospitals following their construction. Both the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) in Edinburgh and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow will be examined to figure out how the problems…