Contractors shortlisted for New Hospital Programme
The government has selected the final 16 firms that will compete for work on the £37bn framework to deliver the schemes across England between 2025-2040, which in the North East includes Shotley Bridge Community Hospital and Northumberland’s CEDAR upgrades.
The shortlist
- Bam Construction
- Bovis Construction (Europe)
- Bouygues UK
- Dragados
- FCC Construcción
- Integrated Health Projects (Sir Robert McAlpine/Vinci)
- John Graham Construction
- John Sisk & Son
- Kier Construction
- Laing O’Rourke
- McLaren Construction
- Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure
- Multiplex Construction Europe
- Sacyr UK
- Skanska Construction UK
- Willmott Dixon Construction
In the North East, the delayed Shotley Bridge Community Hospital in County Durham, will now start construction between 2026-27 as part of the ‘wave 1’ projects, with a budget of £500m.
Elsewhere in the North East, Northumberland’s £72m CEDAR programme upgrades are already underway and will continue to be carried out as part of the Wave 0 schemes already under construction.
Sir Robert McAlpine is the contractor on the project.

