The psychiatric department needs to be upgraded at Levanger hospital, and solution has been planned until 2030 that involves a renovation and a new building.

The number of wards must be increased in order to adapt to the population increase and any changes in future psychiatric problems.

In addition the buildings must be upgraded to the current standard as regards constructional quality in buildings for psychiatric purposes, i.e. a reduction in the existing wards from 2 to 1 bed per room, as well as adaptations to Universell Design (UD). Three buildings are available:

1. A listed building that currently has all the wards on the ground floor, as well as offices, administration and meeting rooms on the first floor. The building is listed by the Directorate for Cultural Heritage and is thus not flexible as regards adaptations to new functions and requirements.

2. An administrative building that has available areas that can be used to extend the outpatients department.

3. An outpatients part that is the newest building and that seems to function well for the planned functions.

Some of the area required must be covered by a new building. The architect assignment starts with designing the preliminary project immediately after the contract has been awarded. The construction start is expected to be spring 2016.