Children’s hospital contractor BAM to deliver €380m university campus project
Dutch-owned builder has been involved in bitter dispute with State over cost and time overruns
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Builders include provision for €500m in contingency costs for new maternity hospital
New National Maternity Hospital could cost up to €2 billion to complete
Children’s hospital commentary often `ill-informed’ contractor BAM tells Minister for Health
Despite assurances, patients not expected in facility for at least another year
Numbers working on children’s hospital project dropped by third since January, politicians hear
Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build
National children’s hospital builder completes only 60% of progress
Delay has been confirmed to Public Accounts Committee, which will hold a meeting on the progress of the new hospital on Thursday
Housing crisis: Construction report warns of ‘looming supply constraints’
Housing starts fall to four-year low according to quarterly analysis from Construction Information Services
CHI unable to move in to national children’s hospital due to continued delays
Early access to site was supposed to be granted in April to allow operational commissioning to begin
Delay to opening of national children’s hospital for patients known for some time, Carroll-MacNeill says
Minister for Health says she anticipates final cost being ‘close to’ €2.24 billion
National children’s hospital may not fully open until 2026 due to ‘clinical risks’
Dublin facility may not fully open until spring next year due to ‘clinical risks’
Children’s hospital and building contractor agree plan to complete project by June
New national children's hospital was due to be completed in 2020 but has been beset by cost over-runs, delays and a long-running dispute with contractor BAM
Irish health system report card: a year of criticisms, concerns and innovations
From rows about staffing, waiting lists and cost overruns to resignations of senior staff, heathcare was never far from the news headlines in 2024
Subsidiary of main National Children’s Hospital contractor to secure major State building project
Analysis by State determines benefits ‘clearly outweigh’ costs of Technological University buildings planned for Galway and Letterkenny, Carlow and Waterford, and Shannon
BAM begins High Court proceedings against board of national children’s hospital
Dispute arises from claim made by builders for additional payments from facility’s development board for work on project
Two most senior officials at Children’s Health Ireland quit posts
Resignations come at a critical time for organisation, which is preparing for the completion of the new national children’s hospital
Children’s hospital development board spent €672,000 on public relations services
Spending over less than three years came during period where project has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost overruns
Minister for Health still ‘fully expects’ State to take ownership of children’s hospital next year
Stephen Donnelly says commissioning of facility accelerated and staff could move in ‘maybe before final completion date’
National children’s hospital project is a ‘hostage’, says body overseeing long-delayed development
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurances’ on June 2025 completion date
National children’s hospital: Board tells politicians project is a ‘hostage’ in the €2.2bn controversy
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board said it could not give ‘assurance’ on June 2025 completion date
National children’s hospital: ‘Fiasco’ is rooted in Government incompetence, Sinn Féin leader tells Dáil
No rooms finished in line with required standards, TDs to be told at committee on Wednesday
Children’s hospital completion date now June 2025, TDs to be told
Board overseeing €2.2 billion project says contractors will ‘not be given another cent’ as Taoiseach warns of penalties
National children’s hospital to seek damages from construction firm BAM over further delays
Latest development in row over the construction of new children’s hospital, which has been hit by successive delays and spiralling cost over-runs
Concerns over construction quality and completion date of national children’s hospital flagged in report
Spokesperson for contractors BAM says it is ‘fully confident in the quality of the construction work for this world-class hospital’
New national children’s hospital board set to sanction project’s builders, correspondence shows
‘Continued failure by BAM’ to deliver a compliant programme of works for facility, Public Accounts Committee told
State funding decision for delayed Cork Events Centre to be made in coming weeks, says McGrath
Multipurpose 6,000-capacity venue to host concerts and conferences planned for site close to South Gate Bridge in city
Building firm goes to court in fresh row over children’s hospital
BAM to initiate High Court action over extra €107m as conciliator extends formal completion date by more than a year
BAM, criticised for delays in national children’s hospital, building €100m cross-Border bridge
Taoiseach at ceremony marking breaking of ground on Narrow Water Bridge linking Omeath and Warrenpoint
National children’s hospital development stretches back 13 years
Development marked by missed deadlines and ballooning costs
The Irish Times view on the National Children’s Hospital: another chapter in the never-ending saga
With massive State investment planned over the next few years in a range of areas, it is vital that lessons are learned and applied in future big projects
National Children’s Hospital: New ‘substantial completion’ date now February 2025, TDs told
Hospital will not be able to admit patients until August 2025 at the earliest, public spending watchdog hears
Delivery of new national children’s hospital set to be further delayed
The project has been beset by delays and spiralling costs but it was expected that ‘substantial completion’ of the hospital would happen by October 29th
PAC wants to recall board members of children’s hospital over new estimate
Cost of building the hospital has increased by €512 million, to €2.24 billion, Stephen Donnelly tells Cabinet colleagues
Donnelly refuses to give commitment that national children’s hospital will be open in 2025
Minister for Health says current handover date of October 2024 is being reviewed
Further delay on completion date for National Children’s Hospital
Project delivery team to appear before Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee in attempt to explain cost overruns and delays
National children’s hospital board complained of ‘fragmented’ work on Dublin site
Dáil due to get new ‘guidance’ this week on timeframe for completing building
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