North Manchester Hospital set for £3.2m extension

Casey Group is due to start on site with a £3.2m extension at North Manchester General Hospital in Crumpsall.

The family-owned construction, development and property firm, has been appointed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust to build the intermediate care facility, which will provide an additional 16 beds for the hospital as part of its continued investment programme.

The three-storey building was designed by architect Lewis & Hickey and connects to the main hospital.Work is due to be completed by January 2020.

Matthew Sorrigan, group business development director at Casey, comments: “We are delighted to have secured this new instruction and are looking forward to working with the Trust to deliver a high quality project which meets the Trust’s aspirations. The health sector is an area we are focusing on expanding our construction business into and have a number of other opportunities we are currently progressing.”