Construction business, Morgan Sindall (LON:MGNS) has secured a £95.4m contract to design and build the Tayside Acute Adult Mental Health Developments scheme in Scotland.  The inpatient facilities provided will create 183 new bed spaces at Murray Royal Hospital, with an additional 52 at Stracathro Hospital. Work at Stracathro Hospital in Angus is scheduled to complete in September 2011 and at Murray Royal Hospital in April 2013.

Morgan Sindall, the group's construction and infrastructure division, working with Morgan Sindall Investments and Robertson Capital Projects, on behalf of NHS Tayside and the North of Scotland Planning Group, will design and build new mental healthcare facilities at Murray Royal Hospital in Perth and Stracathro Hospital in Angus.

Morgan Sindall's CEO Paul Smith says: "This appointment recognises our expertise in the design and delivery of high-value, complex facilities, particularly PPP and PFI hospitals. This contract demonstrates how the combined skills of the new Morgan Sindall construction and infrastructure division, supported by Morgan Sindall Investments, enables us to provide state-of-the-art facilities. It also enhances our position as one of the leading construction groups in the health sector."

In May, Morgan Sindall said it had made a positive start to 2010, with an order book that had increased since the start of the year from £3.2bn to £3.6bn.



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