ACS signed a BOB 739 million (USD 103 million) contract to build a hospital in the Bolivian capital. The Bolivian health ministry and ACS' Makiber unit signed the four-and-a-half year turnkey contract for La Paz' gastroenterological hospital, to be built on a 6ha terrain in the southern area of the capital. The hospital will feature nine surgical wards, 13 X-ray wards, 10 laboratories, areas for teaching and research, offices, crèche facilities and living quarters for personnel. The projects are part of Bolivia's USD 2 billion, 49-hospital investment program that started in early 2015. Bolivia has invested a total of BOB 18 billion in 1,032 new health facilities over the past 12 years. In other infrastructure news, the government has approved construction of a hospital, sports complex and a market in La Paz' Sud Yungas province for a total investment of BOB 28.7 million. At the same time, four companies fielded bids for a BOB 13 million, 10-month study for a new USD 70 million judiciary center in the city of Sucre. The companies include Spain's Inypsa, Coprogetti of Italy and local firm Cypla.