The contractor will deliver the Sight and Sound Centre, which will be the first dedicated medical facility for children with sight and hearing loss in the country.
Features of the Grade II-listed building will include specialist facilities for outpatients, state-of-the-art soundproofed booths for hearing tests, an eye imaging suite, a dispensing opticians as well as a garden designed with all senses in mind.
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The 18-month scheme will start this Autumn, with the centre opening in 2020.
Cliff Thomas, Managing Director for Kier Construction London, said: "GOSH is globally recognised as an innovative healthcare centre for children and we're very proud to be working on this project.
"We have extensive experience in the healthcare sector, having built over £2bn worth of medical facilities in the past 13 years and we are looking forward to delivering the UK's first medical centre for children with hearing and sight loss."
Hospital Chief Executive, Dr Peter Steer, said: "More than 8,000 children and young people with sight and hearing loss come to the hospital each year and our current facilities do not cater for their needs. The Sight and Sound Centre will improve care by bringing clinicians supporting these children together in one place and vastly improve the patient experience by creating an environment tailor made to these patients' needs."
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