The design was unanimously agreed as the outstanding contender from three strong bids.
While the £670 million contract was not the lowest of the three bids, it did represent the best value for money in delivering, and in many cases surpassing, the Board's ambitions for a gold-standard hospital campus that will serve the West of Scotland for generations to come.
The company behind the successful bid, Brookfield Europe, is a major international builder with vast experience in world class healthcare developments.
The project which will be the largest single NHS hospital build project ever undertaken in Scotland and will cost in excess of £840million in total. The additional costs will include investments in internal roadways, patient transport terminuses and state-of-the-art advanced equipment.
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Robert Calderwood, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Chief Executive, said: "We are delighted that Brookfield Europe shares our vision to create high standards of excellence in healthcare and design. The three companies bidding for the project offered a range of innovative and creative designs but Brookfield captured the best of all worlds in their proposal. We are proud to confirm they are now our preferred contractor.
"A key consideration for us has always been ensuring economic benefit to the local community. Brookfield has agreed to our requirement that they will offer jobs and training to locally recruited apprentices and people who are currently unemployed which will be of huge economic benefit.
"They have also agreed that wherever possible, sub-contracting opportunities will be advertised to local small to medium businesses."
The plans for the complex will see a brand new 14-floor adult hospital with 1109 beds. Every patient in the wards will have their own single en-suite room and Brookfield's creative design means that every room will have excellent views of either the Campsie Hills or out onto the Clyde or Paisley and not one will look in one another.
A brand new children’s hospital, with a separate identity and entrance, will be adjoined to the adult hospital. With 256 beds over five storeys it will replace the existing Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
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