Construction company NCC has reached an agreement for a subproject, encompassing the construction of a new emergency hospital in Västerås, Sweden.

The contract is worth approximately Skr800m ($77.93m) and is part of the Region Västmanland’s overall budget of Skr6.8bn.

Under the subproject, NCC will be responsible for constructing facades, frames, and roofs in collaboration with Region Västmanland, with works set to begin in 2024.

In August 2022, NCC secured the original contract to build Region Västmanland’s new emergency hospital in Västerås.

The 75,000m² emergency hospital consists of four interconnected buildings. It will comprise ward beds, operating rooms, radiology and maternity facilities, and an intensive care unit, among other clinics.

The company noted that separate construction contracts will be signed for any additional subprojects.

Preparatory planning and design at the site have already started and are underway alongside production.

The project's planning is anticipated to be completed by early 2024.

NCC Building Sweden head Henrik Landelius said: “Intense efforts are now ongoing in parallel on many fronts for the project. We have a team on site that is carrying out earth and groundworks and foundation engineering and we are now ready to construct the actual buildings while we continue the planning and design work.

“Local residents will soon be able to witness how our vision of a new hospital will begin to take shape.”

NCC will register the order in its Building Nordics business segment during the fourth quarter of this year.

Last week, the company received a contract to build a new head office situated outside Fredericia on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula.