The New Ibn Hayyan Hospital in Baghdad
Client: General Mediterranean Holding Group.
Location: Baghdad, Iraq.
Design & Supervision: Mebex Consultants.
Lead Construction Company: ATK Construction.
Design Development and Detailed Engineering: Design Engineering Consult.
Scope of Work: Structural & MEP.
Project Description:
Luxembourg-based General Mediterranean Holding (GMH) Group is developing a new Iraqi-German Ibn Hayyan Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq. The new Ibn Hayyan hospital will occupy a total area of 58,700 m², and will be situated close to the banks of the expansive River Tigris in the center of the Iraqi capital. The three- building complex includes a hospital consisting of approximately 363 beds and two more buildings, the first serving as the staff building, and the other as a serviced apartment building. There are also plans in place to have a university college situated within the grounds, where the next generation of Iraqi doctors can obtain valuable practice and experience. The hospital is scheduled to open in late 2015.
The state-of-the-art facility is a project of General Mediterranean Holding (GMH; Luxembourg), a multinational organization founded by Iraqi-born British entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Nadhmi Auchi. GMH’s activities range from construction and real estate, banking and finance, to hotel and leisure, broadcasting and communications, IT, pharmaceuticals and aviation. The project was designed by Mebex Consultants (Beirut, Lebanon), which has been involved in several major healthcare projects in Iraq, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia
The new hospital is named after Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, a renowned Muslim scholar of the golden age. He was a polymath, chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, pharmacist, and physician. Best known for his contributions to chemistry, his achievements include the invention of separation techniques, including crystallization, distillation, and the synthesis of various acids, that are still used today. He is also credited with the invention of over twenty types of chemical lab equipment.
AUIB Medical Cluster in Baghdad
Client: Taameer group.
Location: Baghdad, Iraq.
Design Development and Detailed Engineering: Design Engineering Consult.
Scope of Work: Architecture, Structure & MEP Design.
Project Description:
The project is a part of the AUIB university project and it includes 220 bed teaching hospital and a medical school, Oncology center, staff housing and amenities all within a prestigious complex. Medical Centre The cluster shall be state of the art teaching center with hi tech systems, solar energy supply and a seamless connection plan between the various buildings.
