Children's Hospital contractor rejects accusations it is 'underperforming' on project

Contractor BAM said: “There have been almost 10,000 new drawings (including mechanical and electrical drawings) since GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) stage in January 2019.”

The main contractor for the National Children’s Hospital has said that it “rejects” accusations that it is “underperforming” or has under-resourced the troubled project.

BAM, the contractor for the new facility which came under sustained fire from the chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, David Gunning, at the Public Accounts Committee yesterday, said that the “main driver” for the delays and €300m in claims the company had made to date “continues to be the lack of a fully complete, co-ordinated design for the project”.