Ramsay Health Care Australia has awarded John Holland the design and construct contract to deliver the new Sunshine Coast Private Hospital at Kawana in Queensland.

The 200 bed private hospital and associated medical suites located within the Sunshine Coast University Hospital precinct will be opened in late 2013.

John Holland Group Managing Director, Glenn Palin, said: "We are pleased to be involved in a project that caters for the health care needs of one of Australia's fastest growing regions."

"John Holland has significant experience in major hospital developments and has worked extensively with Ramsay Health Care over the last 10 years on a number of very successful projects."

John Holland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leighton Holdings Limited.