Bouygues UK has been awarded a £190 million contract to design and build a new specialist cancer treatment hospital in central London.

The new hospital will be one of the first of its kind in the country and is being delivered for The University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust.

The new building, developed with funding from UCLH and the British Department of Health, has been designed by architects Scott Tallon Walker in association with Edward Williams Architects.

It will be built close to UCLH's Cancer Centre and radiotherapy services, creating a hub for cancer treatment in central London.

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The proton beam therapy facility will be located underground with five additional floors above ground offering care and treatment of blood cancer and short stay surgery.

Bouygues Travaux Publics will contribute to the underground phase of the project, which involves excavation of 25 metres as well as the installation of the latest proton beam therapy equipment – weighing around 120 tonnes per gantry.

Works on the centre are already underway and the facility is expected to begin treating patients in 2019.

In addition, the project will achieve the 'BIM Exemplar' label, attesting to its exemplary use of Building Information Modelling.

The development will also aim to achieve an 'Excellent' BREEAM Certification.

Chief Executive of UCLH, Sir Robert Naylor, said: "I am delighted that the contract to build this major new NHS facility has now been awarded. It will make a significant difference to the lives of hundreds of NHS patients every year and help us to advance our research into precision medicine."

Madani Sow, Chairman and CEO of Bouygues UK, added: "We are proud to be working with UCLH on the delivery of what will be part of a vital new, national service for NHS patients here in the UK."

(LM)