Reconstruction to start soon at Mercy hospital

Reconstruction of sections of the St Joseph Mercy Hospital is set to start on September 19 with Dyrock Constructions undertaking work on the Materials Management Building and Rafik and Sons Construction working on renovations in the north wing.

Vice-Chairman of the hospital board Carlton Joao said the Materials Management Building will be an entirely new concrete structure measuring 4,300 square feet erected to the north of the compound. The $50 million contract was signed yesterday. The work is estimated to last for about two months.

Joao said the ‘big project’ is the work on the north wing which would involve the renovation of 18,000 square feet of existing space. Rafik and Sons Construction won the tender valued