The University of Iowa in Iowa City has asked for an audit on the progress of the construction of its new hospital in North Liberty, Iowa, The Gazette reported Oct. 4.
The audit would review costs, contract compliance, management and payments for the new hospital. An auditing firm has not yet been selected.
It comes a month after the university's board of regents and Iowa's State Health Facilities Council approved a 33 percent budget increase for construction due to inflation. The hospital is the most expensive in Iowa's history and is budgeted to cost up to $525.6 million.