Sweden-based multinational construction company Skanska has been contracted to build a new hospital and accompanying medical office building in Fort Myers, Florida, US.

The contract was awarded by Lee Health, a non-profit public healthcare provider operating primarily throughout Lee County in the southwestern region of the state.

The deal, valued at Skr4.6bn ($435m), will be recorded in the company's US order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2024. This development underscores Skanska's growing footprint in the healthcare construction sector.

The project entails the construction of a five-storey 38,600m² (416,000ft²) hospital, a central energy plant and an 11,600m² (125,000ft²) medical office building which will house an ambulatory surgery centre.

The comprehensive healthcare services provided will include more than a dozen operating rooms, a rehabilitation gymnasium, and speciality clinics focused on orthopaedics, spinal medicine, rheumatology care and infectious diseases, spanning more than 52,000m² (560,000ft²).

Utility construction has commenced, with the project's completion set for the fourth quarter of 2027.

The new facility is set to enhance the healthcare infrastructure in Fort Myers and cater to the growing medical needs of the community.

Skanska recently secured another contract in the healthcare domain: a $153m contract for the expansion of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon. This project involves a four-storey addition of 16,900m² to the existing hospital infrastructure and is supplementary to a previous $74m contract signed in July 2024 for the same hospital's expansion.

Lee Health currently consists of four acute care hospitals, a children’s hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, two skilled nursing units, seven outpatient centres, three walk-in clinics, two paediatric outpatient facilities and a regional cancer centre.