News & updates on the project
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Novacare Hospital Islamabad Advances Excavation Protection System: Completes Pile Installation, Shifts Focus to Anchors
Islamabad, 05 April 2024
Novacare Hospital Islamabad, which aims to create Pakistan’s highest-quality hospital infrastructure, is making progress on its excavation protection system.
The excavation protection system is a critical aspect of the hospital's development project, designed to ensure the safety and stability of the adjoining soil during excavation and construction activities.
With the successful completion of all 200 bored piles, the hospital is now transitioning its focus towards the installation of anchors, marking another milestone in the construction process.
Anchors play a vital role in stabilizing the excavation site and preventing soil movement, especially in areas where space constraints or soil conditions pose challenges.
By employing advanced engineering techniques and state-of-the-art technology, Novacare Hospital Islamabad aims to set a new standard for construction safety, quality, speed and efficiency in the country.
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Novacare Hospitals to open Pakistan’s first internationally affiliated hospital in Islamabad in 2026
Islamabad, 11 March 2024
Novacare Hospitals (Private) Limited announced today that it will start constructing a state-of-the-art hospital in Islamabad, and has signed an international affiliation agreement with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, a leading UK teaching hospital group. The total investment in the project will be USD 110 million, and the hospital will be located on a 50-kanal (225,000 square foot) plot in DHA Phase-V, along the main DHA Expressway.
The 250-bed hospital will have a covered area of 550,000 square feet and will provide comprehensive tertiary healthcare across 28 clinical services. The hospital is being designed by HKS, a leading global design firm. It aims to become Pakistan’s first LEED, WELL, and EDGE-certified hospital which are best-in-class certifications for sustainability and users’ wellbeing. It also aims to achieve Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, to achieve high standards of clinical quality & patient safety.
Novacare is a recently established private healthcare provider in Pakistan, sponsored by the Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (part of the Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group) and managed by Andalus Holdings. Novacare aims to develop a world-class healthcare network across Pakistan and plans to open similar hospitals across other major cities of Pakistan. It will also develop satellite clinics, day surgery centers, diagnostics collection centers, medical education facilities, and a digital care navigation platform.
The leadership team at Novacare will include seasoned healthcare professionals with local and international experience. Novacare is led by Mr. Johannes (Hans) Kedzierski who has previously served as the CEO of leading hospitals in multiple geographies including Medical Center Alkmaar, Netherlands, one of the largest Dutch teaching hospitals, Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, and, King’s College Hospital London in Jeddah.
The affiliation was closely supported and facilitated by the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) in Pakistan, along with the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in London. A signing ceremony took place in London on March 6, 2024, at the offices of the UK DBT at Admiralty House, which was attended by representatives from Imperial College Healthcare, Novacare, and the UK government.
As a result of its affiliation with Imperial College Healthcare, Novacare will benefit from the expertise of a leading UK teaching hospital group. Novacare will gain expert advisory input from Imperial College Healthcare on models of care, services, and staffing, and aims to implement their clinical standards and protocols. Through these measures, Novacare intends to achieve the same standards of healthcare as is delivered at Imperial College Healthcare’s five London hospitals.
About Novacare
Novacare is developing a world-class, hub & spoke healthcare network across Pakistan, to enhance years of quality life within our families & communities, and to create an unrivaled professional environment for the next generation of world-leading Pakistani healthcare practitioners.
Website: www.novacare.health
Email: info@novacare.health
About Imperial College Healthcare Private Care
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching hospital groups in the UK. Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has a global reputation for excellence in care, research, and education, and together with its affiliated university, Imperial College London, it runs the UK NHS’s largest biomedical research center. Imperial College Healthcare Private Care provides care for local and international patients across five renowned hospital sites in central and west London, including the flagship private facility, The Lindo Wing, and St Mary’s Hospital.
Imperial College Healthcare Private Care
Website: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/private-care
About Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group (KMLG)
Kohinoor Maple Leaf Group (KMLG) is one of Pakistan’s largest conglomerates, with diverse operations in the textile, cement, and financial sectors, and traces its roots to an enterprise founded in the 1930s in Calcutta as the Kohinoor Rubber Works. The group currently is a majority shareholder in Kohinoor Textile Mills Limited (KTML), Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited (MLCFL), and Maple Leaf Capital Limited (MLCL).
About Andalus Holdings
Andalus Holdings is an investment holding and advisory firm based in Abu Dhabi, comprising a dedicated team of investment and healthcare professionals with decades of local and international experience.
About the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, equivalent to other countries’ ministries of foreign affairs. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and promoting British interests worldwide.
About the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
The Department for Business & Trade (DBT) is the UK’s department for economic growth. DBT supports businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.
About HKS
HKS is a global firm of architects, designers, planners and advisors who create places noted for their beauty and performance. It employs 1,600 people in 29 offices, united by the belief that an environmental, social and governance approach to design achieves design excellence. In 2023, HKS became a carbon neutral firm. HKS values honesty, diversity and inclusion and celebrates creative thinking. In partnership with its clients and collaborators, HKS crafts powerful ideas and solutions. Together HKS creates places that stand apart.
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23 November, 2023
Novacare Hospitals (Private) Limited has initiated enablement works on its Islamabad hospital site in Phase V of DHA Islamabad.
These enablement works will help prepare the site for the initiation of substantial construction on the site in the first half of 2024.
The scope of this enablement work includes:
- Erection of fencing, gates, and boundary wall hoardings;
- Installation of Project Information Boards;
- Connection of temporary utilities;
- Construction of drainage channels for stormwater along the external graded perimeter of the plot;
- Deployment of temporary site facilities;
- Site clearing, grubbing and levelling; and
- Excavation works, and excavation protection system for future basements.
The expected value of the total enablement works on the Novacare Hospital site is over PKR 450 Mn, and contracts have been awarded to reputable vendors as part of a competitive procurement process.
Novacare Hospital is on-track for initiation of substantial construction in the first half of 2024, and for opening in 2026.
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04 October, 2023
Novacare Hospitals (Private) Limited has awarded 6 contracts for pre-construction services with a combined contract value of PKR ~950 Mn to initiate the development of its Islamabad Hospital.
Services awarded by Novacare Hospitals cover all the design and pre-construction outputs and planning requirements, including:
- Plot Topographical Survey;
- Geotechnical Investigation;
- Hydrological Survey;
- Traffic Impact Study;
- Environmental Impact Assessment;
- Medical Equipment & Clinical Services Planning;
- Architectural design;
- Mechanical Electrical & Plumbing Design;
- Heating, Ventilation & Air-conditioning Design;
- Life & Fire Safety Design;
- Structural Engineering Design;
- Sustainability Design Review & Certification Advisory; and
- Construction Project Management.
Novacare has followed a competitive process to award each of these services in which multiple leading local and international firms tendered their proposals.
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10 August, 2023
Novacare Hospitals (Private) Limited has selected HKS Inc., a global design firm as the lead architect for its upcoming 350-bed state-of-the-art internationally affiliated hospital in Islamabad.
The selection took place following a competitive process in which multiple leading healthcare-specialized international architectural firms tendered their proposals.
HKS Inc. is a global design firm, headquartered in Dallas, TX, USA, with more than 1,500 professionals based across 29 offices in 10 countries.
HKS follows an interdisciplinary design approach where architects and interior designers include researchers, urban designers, nurses, and anthropologists, among others in the design process.
HKS has been ranked in the top 3 in the 2022 Building Design + Construction Giants report of the largest healthcare sector architecture and engineering firms. The report is available on the following link:
https://www.bdcnetwork.com/top-170-healthcare-sector-architecture-ae-firms-2022
Commenting on the award, Hans Kedzierski, the CEO-designate of Novacare Hospital stated –
“We are quite excited to announce our partnership with HKS as the lead architect for Novacare Hospital Islamabad …
… It was important for us to select a firm that brings specialized healthcare knowledge & expertise, along with cutting-end design sensibilities.
… At Novacare, we believe that good design drives patient quality & safety and creates a healing environment for patients.
… And we want to create a great physical space for our teams to be excited and motivated to come to work every day, to achieve our mission to create an unrivalled professional environment.”
HKS has designed projects in Pakistan before this, including the Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority Science Enclave which is currently under construction in Lahore.
London, March 06, 2024
International affiliation signing ceremony
A signing ceremony was held at the offices of the UK Department for Business & Trade at Admirality House, a historic building in Whitehall, London, attended by key officials from Imperial College Healthcare, the UK government, and Novacare.
