Health
New children's hospital bill to rise further as builder files €90m additional cost claims
Some €481 million worth of costs are still in dispute between the hospital and the main contractor amid criticism of the spiralling price of the project
The main contractor building the new national children’s hospital has now issued claims for additional costs worth €643 million for the project.
New figures provided to the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) show that BAM, the main building contractor on the project, has now issued 1,764 claims to the employers’ representative (ER) – the company that represents the hospital in discussions with BAM.
Of these claims, 1,450 had been substantiated by the ER at the ...
