Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) has announced that it has awarded the main construction contract for the extension of the RCSI Education and Research Centre, Smurfit Building at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin to the Stewart Group.
The project will incorporate a new student concourse at ground floor to link the existing building with the new facility. The new facilities will include a series of large flexible multi-functional tutorial rooms on the ground floor, open plan faculty offices and meeting spaces on the first floor. Laboratory and research facilities including write up space will be located on the second floor. The building will be linked vertically with a feature stairs under a large atrium.
RCSI will invest in the region of €11 million in the development of the construction of the 30,000 sq ft three-story extension. The construction value of the project is €9.5 million marking the largest capital investment in the Beaumont Hospital Campus in a considerable period. The project will create approximately 200 jobs over the course of the development.
Construction will commence in January 2017 and works are scheduled for 18 months for completion by mid-2018.
RCSI is ranked in the top 250 institutions worldwide and joint 1st place in the Republic of Ireland in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2016-2017). It is an international not-for-profit health sciences institution with its headquarters in Dublin, focused on education and research to drive improvements in human health worldwide.
The RCSI Education and Research Centre (ERC), Smurfit Building was first opened at Beaumont Hospital in 2000 and is home to the first academic Clinical Research Centre to be established in Ireland.
The ERC forms part of RCSI’s Research Institute which is a multi-site research infrastructure encompassing the research activities of RCSI at the St Stephen’s Green campus and the RCSI Education and Research Centre (ERC) at Beaumont Hospital.
Commenting on the new deal, CEO/Registrar of RCSI, Professor Cathal Kelly said, "Today’s contract signing for the expansion of the RCSI Education and Research Centre, Smurfit Building paves the way for the next level of RCSI investment in healthcare education and research in Ireland and will extend the existing RCSI facilities at Beaumont Hospital to create world-class modern facilities for our students and staff."
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