The Project is for the provision of a New Maternity Unit to be located within the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast campus. The contract will be constructed in 3 parts: 1) The construction of a new maternity hospital and underground connection to link the new to the existing hospital — duration 27 months; 2) Decant period — duration 4 months; and 3) Demolition of part of the existing maternity hospital and the formation of an overhead link to the existing adult acute hospital followed by final demolition of the remaining maternity hospital — duration 9 months.