The cancer centre recently received £250m in funding from the New Hospital Programme.

Steve Brooker, director at McBains, said: ‘The new Sussex Cancer Centre will benefit thousands of patients and their families by increasing regional capacity and delivering new technology that significantly improves services and integrates research into everyday operations.'

The Sussex Cancer Centre is the second phase of UHSussex's three-stage 3Ts Redevelopment set to modernise the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The first stage, the Louisa Martindale Building, opened in 2023.

As part of the second stage, a new landscaped plaza will be created between the Louisa Martindale Building and the new Sussex Cancer Centre.

The third and final stage of the 3Ts Redevelopment will see the construction of a new service and logistics yard on the site of the current cancer department to improve campus-wide efficiency.

McBains previously delivered project management, cost management and NEC supervision services for the 3Ts Stage 1 project, as well as to the site enabling works for the Stage 2 project.

The appointment of McBains follows the recent announcement of Laing O'Rourke as the main contractor for the new centre.