01.08.2006
The rehabilitation of existing hospital buildings and the extension of the Children's Clinic were completed at the end of July 2006.
Since 1999, Drees & Sommer has been supporting the project, providing comprehensive project management and with the key task of securing project organization, costs and schedules for the client. As a result of efficient management of the architectural competition and planning, it was possible to start construction in August 2002. Completion deadlines were ensured by various measures including combining multiple small upgrade phases into a single construction phase in coordination with the clinic. This allowed greater efficiency without a big impact on hospital operations.
Despite the long duration of the project, the costs diverged only a small amount from the 2000 costing - and the project was completed within the approved budget of EUR 50.6 million. Unforeseen cost increases - resulting, for example, from non-visible problems with building fabric - were balanced out by savings in other areas agreed in close cooperation with project partners. Working with the hospital and planners, Drees & Sommer developed simple, practicable solutions to exploit savings potential and stay within budget. This also allowed on-schedule completion of construction by June 2006.
