Metz-Thionville regional hospital is handed over

Last Friday, the keys to the Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR) de Metz-Thionville were handed over to the hospital's management, following ten months of testing. Designed by AART Farah-architectes, the building will not be occupied until September, and will be fully open by the end of the autumn.

The project stands in the grounds of the Château de Mercy, to the south of Metz, on a sloping site. The hospital is organised as a series of blocks: the technical core sits at the centre, with each medical department grafted on around it. There are five: surgery, neurology, nephrology, oncology and other specialities. Each block is split in two, with shared services. Consulting rooms are on the ground floor, while the 640 beds are housed on the upper levels.

The construction work, led by Pertuy Construction, a Bouygues subsidiary, called on 450 workers at peak times. In figures, that comes to 46,000 m³ of concrete, 94,000 m² of flooring, five cranes, 15 km of beams, 20 months of structural work and 40 months of all-trades works. It is worth noting that the contractor opted for self-levelling and self-compacting concrete for the structure.

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