Robertson, the infrastructure, construction and support services company, has started work on the new Maggie's Centre in Aberdeen.

The new centre is being built at Forester Hospital in Aberdeen through an ambitious fundraising campaign by Maggie’s and the Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation (EMF), which was founded by golfer Colin Montgomerie in memory of his mother.

Construction will last just over 40 weeks, with completion expected by June 2013. The contemporary building was designed by Snohetta, the Norwegian architects behind the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavillion in New York, alongside Aberdeen-based firm Halliday Fraser Munro.

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The new Maggie's Centre is the latest in a line of health-related construction projects for Robertson, which is currently building the new Emergency Care Centre in Aberdeen.

By the time the Maggie's Centre is five years old it will support up to 40% of all new people diagnosed with cancer in the Aberdeen and wider Grampian area each year.

Keith Taylor, regional managing director of Robertson commented: "The new Maggie's Centre will help thousands of people in Aberdeen. The contemporary design of the building makes it an interesting project in terms of construction and will lead to an extremely tranquil, positive environment for people with cancer and their families.

"Around 40 Robertson staff will be involved in the construction and as always we will be using local expertise and skills whenever possible. This centre will be a real asset for Aberdeen and we’re very proud to be involved."

(CD)