Project Sector:
Hospitals and medical Cites
Iraq, Basra
Client: Ministry
of Health, Iraq.
Project Description:
Opened in 2010, Basrah Children’s Hospital
represents the first hospital constructed in Iraq since the 1980s.The hospital
is providing high-impact children’s health services with an oncology focus.
This design and build project includes a total of 94 beds, 20 outpatient exam
rooms, 2 operating rooms, a special procedure room, 8 beds for the pediatric
Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 4 general nursing wards, comprehensive oncology
treatment center, complete imaging department, fully contained emergency
department, fully contained outpatient endoscopy suite, 209 parking spaces and
on-site residence for 32 nurses and physicians. In addition to the ancillary
facilities which include standby power plant, laundry, food service, medical
waste disposal facility, oxygen plant and a warehouse.
The project was executed in two phases; Bechtel were
the main contractor for Phase I and the US Corps of Engineers were the main
contractor for Phase II.
Services: Architectural
and Engineering Design Services and Home Office Support during Construction.
BUA: 22,000
m2.