Bhubaneswar: Engineering & construction conglomerate L&T has bagged the order for construction of clinical blocks and allied infrastructure for SCB Medical Collage & Hospital, Cuttack. The company has bagged the order beating other players like Sapoorji & Paloonji and NCC Ltd.
“The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro has secured a large order for its Buildings a Factories business from the Government of Odisha to construct clinical blocks & allied infrastructure for a state-of-the-art hospital in Cuttack. The duration of this EPC project is 30 months” L&T said in a regulatory filing.
Though, the company has not disclosed the size of the order, it is expected that the size could be between Rs.2500 to 5000 crore.
The project involves construction of four clinical blocks (B+G+9 floors) comprising composite structural systems & other ancillary buildings with a total built up area of 3.4 Mn Sqft. The state-of-the-art facility will cover specialty departments such as Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Hepatology, Cardiology, Surgical blocks, Casualty, trauma Et general surgery with a total of 2058 beds.
The Odisha government has announced an ambitious Rs.3500 crore re-development plan for the SCB Medical Collage and Hospital to make it at par with the AIIMS.