New Kasr El Aini Teaching Hospital

This is a turnkey project for the delivery of a 85,000 m2 teaching hospital with 1,200 beds. The goal of this construction was to be able to bring together several activities under a single roof. This is why this new hospital can provide medical care, serve as an educational centre for medical students, accommodate junior doctors, host scientific research and run a private clinic at the same time.

BACKGROUND

Cairo is considered one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Its population makes it the largest city in North Africa.
To respond to the needs of this population, the city had to invest in state-of-the art infrastructure. This is why the construction of a teaching hospital bringing together various medical activities proved to be necessary.
The inauguration of the Kasr El Aini hospital took place in April 1996 in the presence of then presidents Moubarak of Egypt and Chirac of France.

TECHNICAL OVERVIEW

Given the nature of the construction and its geographic location, we had to manage the pace of work while maintaining a certain level of security in a densely populated urban zone where road traffic is congested and constant.
In addition, the project faced another problem related to the foundations because the groundwater was seeping out (the construction being located hardly 10 m from one of the branches of the Nile). The foundations required 500 piles with a diameter of 1.2 m, each of which could support a weight of 500 tonnes.

The building is in the form of a cross with 11 levels including a technical facility and a hospital tower.

IMPACT

This construction gave the Egyptian capital a medical infrastructure and large research centre. The project was part of a long-time cooperation for the overall development of the city of Cairo.
For VINCI Construction Grands Projets, which has been present in Egypt since 1981 for the construction of Line 1 of the Cairo Metro, it marked a new reference in public utilities construction in complex areas.

Project participants

Client
Cairo University

Project management
Setec Foulquier

Key figures

Implementation dates
October 1986 to October 1994

Structural work
375,000 m3

Concrete
42,000 m3

Steel
8,100 t