Sixco-Samsung JV win Abu Dhabi clinic job

Conrad Egbert , March 8th, 2010

A joint venture of Six Construct and Samsung (SSJV) has bagged the US $1.3 billion (AED4.7 billion) main contract for the construction of Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi (CCAD).

The client is Mubadala Healthcare, a business unit of Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) and Aldar Properties.

SSJV will be responsible for complete construction works of the clinic. Aldar is managing the project while Mubadala Healthcare along with Cleveland Clinic is doubling up as the consultant on the project.

Work on the project has begun and is expected to be completed in 36 months.

This announcement signals the second stage in the hospital's construction following the completion of enabling works and piling late last year.

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be a 364-bed (scalable to 490-bed) multi-specialty hospital located on Sowwah Island - the capital's designated new Central Business District. The hospital will be organized into the five institutes of Digestive Disease, Eye, Heart & Vascular, Neurological, and Respiratory & Critical Care, to offer an advanced range of tertiary/quaternary medical services. Like its counterpart in the United States, it will be a physician-led medical facility served by North American board certified (or equivalent) medical professionals.

"Through partnerships with renowned medical institutions like Cleveland Clinic, we are bringing international expertise to the region and setting the highest international standards in healthcare services," said Mark Erhart, Executive Director of Mubadala Healthcare. "World-class facilities like Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will play a key role in stimulating the development of the Emirate's healthcare sector. As we move forward to the next stage in the hospital's construction, we are another step closer to realizing that vision."

The hospital, which will be managed and operated by Cleveland Clinic, has received significant design input from the Clinic's senior physician leadership to ensure a unique and unparalleled extension of the Cleveland Clinic model of care.