Fresh delays to the national children’s hospital and new concerns around the budget of the project were discussed in private meetings between senior Government and HSE chiefs. It has also emerged that the builder of the project, BAM, has questioned the “validity” of an instruction by the board to proceed with the second phase of the build. DelaysOn the issue of delays, the minutes show that BAM has reported delays of 88 days at a Tallaght satellite centre which was scheduled to open later this year. A 131-day delay for the facade of the main hospital building and a 58-day delay for the structural frame of the hospital were also notified to senior officials. A spokeswoman for the NPHDB said BAM had “provided a number of different draft timelines for construction”.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2020 03:00 UTC