Galliford Try to build Europe’s largest IVF centre

The company will undertake construction of the 1,400 sq ft two-storey Hewitt Centre for Reproductive Medicine on behalf of Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The centre will include a modern embryology laboratory, sperm bank, egg freezing facility and dedicated recovery services.  Work will start this month, with completion expected by March 2009. Once complete, the centre will treat annually more than 2,000 couples from Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales on the NHS, along with private patients from throughout the world.
The contract win is the latest in a series of North West health facilities to be developed by Galliford Try. Other projects include a 20-year framework partnering agreement with Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership which has so far involved developing six primary health care centres. Galliford Try is also building other health centres in the region on behalf of Halton & St Helens, Knowsley and Warrington LIFT.
Sue Lorimer, acting CEO of Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, said: “This facility is so important to thousands of couples who want nothing more than to start a family. The unit will not only provide the highest quality environment possible for couples receiving treatment, but it also has all the advantages of being situated in a leading NHS teaching hospital specialising in women's health.”
AA Projects is acting as employer’s agent and providing cost management services. Gilling Dod is the architect, while Alan Johnson Partnership and Hulley & Kirkwood are providing structural and building services consultancy respectively.