{"id":528232,"date":"2025-09-05T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=528232"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:04:28","slug":"robertson-30m-newcastle-cancer-centre-job-progresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/robertson-30m-newcastle-cancer-centre-job-progresses-05-09-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Robertson \u00a330m Newcastle cancer centre job progresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"248\">Robertson Construction North East has moved plans forward for a \u00a330m cancer treatment and research centre at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, after being appointed main contractor in January.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"439\">The contractor is working with Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the client for the scheme, to deliver the Sir Bobby Robson Institute. A planning application has now been submitted.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"773\">The three-storey building will consolidate the existing Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre with the hospital\u2019s wider cancer and blood disorder research teams.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"773\">It will provide around 3,500 square metres of specialist clinical and research space, enabling a 50 per cent increase in clinical trial activity over five years.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"953\">Funding is being led by Newcastle Hospitals Charity through the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"953\">Some \u00a320m has already been raised, with a campaign underway to secure the final \u00a310m.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1138\">Robertson was appointed through the ProCure23 framework and has been involved since RIBA Stage 1, providing pre-construction and design services in collaboration with P+HS Architects.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1349\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The building\u2019s design is inspired by the molecular structure of Rubraca, a cancer drug developed in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1349\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">If approved, construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2026, with completion targeted for 2028.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertson.co.uk\/news\/plans-submitted-newcastles-ps30m-cancer-treatment-and-research-centre\"><em>Source: Robertson press release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robertson Construction North East has moved plans forward for a \u00a330m cancer treatment and research centre at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, after being appointed main contractor in January. 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