Construction Updates
What’s been done
Initial site investigation works completed
In progress
The enabling groundworks are now under way
Next milestone
Start of the hospital construction
Enabling works underway
An incredible one million cubic metres of earth is being moved by MRP construction partner Laing O’Rourke as land is levelled off to provide a platform for the new hospital.
The preparatory earthworks for NHS Lanarkshire’s Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) do not mark the start of hospital construction, which can’t begin until the Scottish Government has approved the final business case that is now being developed.
Latest construction news
Video tells story of preparatory site works for Lanarkshire’s new hospital
(above) - Laing O’Rourke Project Manager Gerry VallianatosA new video shines a spotlight on the preparatory groundworks at the site of the new University Hospital Monklands. Colleagues from Laing O’Rourke, the Monklands Replacement Project’s construction...
Sky-high view of the home for Scotland’s most advanced hospital
An exciting bird’s-eye view of the site of Lanarkshire’s new hospital has been released.The eye-catching drone video allows viewers to soar above the landscape at Wester Moffat in Airdrie that will become home to the replacement University Hospital Monklands. The...
Start of groundworks at site of new hospital
Graeme Reid, MRP Director; Colin Lauder, NHS Lanarkshire Interim Chief Executive; Andy Thomson, Laing O’Rourke Project Director; Martin Hill, Chair of the Board of NHS Lanarkshire; Fiona Cowan, MRP Clinical Lead – Nursing.Plans for Lanarkshire’s new hospital have...
Council and health board join forces to put road and hospital plans on route to success
(from left) Lyndsay Noble, North Lanarkshire Council City Deal Manager; Des Murray, North Lanarkshire Council Chief Executive; Colin Lauder, NHS Lanarkshire Interim Chief Executive; Graeme Reid, Director, Monklands Replacement Project.North Lanarkshire Council and NHS...
More preparatory works for Lanarkshire’s new hospital
(Pictured) Graeme Reid, Director of the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) Site works are stepping up as the exciting plans to create the new University Hospital Monklands move forward.Following recent earth settlement trials, more preparatory works are starting on...
Construction starts on futuristic facility to aid engagement on new hospital
A super hi-tech facility is set to be constructed to aid planning and engagement for Lanarkshire’s new hospital.Work has begun at University Hospital Monklands in Airdrie to create an “Immersive Suite” that will use the latest digital technology to share a virtual...
Site of new hospital comes alive as preparatory work carried out
(from left) Donald Reid, NHS Lanarkshire Board non-executive director; Colin Lauder, NHS Lanarkshire Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Planning, Property and Performance; Dean Molloy, from contractor I&H Brown.The exciting plans to create the new University...