COVER STORY NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL CPB Contractors / Sydney 42 NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW WWW.ANCR.COM.AU NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL 43 THE EPITOME OF The $600M Northern Beaches Hospital is the first 4 Star Green Star hospital in New South Wales. The modern, 9-storey world class HEALTH CONSTRUCTION development contains 488 beds, a 50-space emergency department, support infrastructure, a helipad and 1,400 carpark spaces. In December 2014 the NSW State contributing to reduced capital and Government contracted Healthscope, one maintenance costs. of Australia’s leading private healthcare operators, to deliver the Northern In January 2015 CPB Contractors started Beaches Hospital. The development is the concept design of the $600 million a ground breaking project for New South development which included 70,000m² Wales as the state’s first healthcare operator of hospital space along with 40,000m² of led public-private partnership, and the parking and a rooftop helipad. The complex state’s the first 4 Star Green Star hospital. also boasts campus wide roads and bike paths, The building project is a joint venture retail tenancies, café and outdoor eating areas. between Healthscope and major construction company CPB Contractors. The main building, surrounded by landscaping, has a spectacular light filled Set on a 6.5 hectare site at Frenchs Forest in atrium at the entrance, natural wood panelling the northern suburbs of Sydney, Northern throughout the interior and individual rooms Beaches Hospital is a 9-storey building that offer sweeping views across Middle providing clinical and non-clinical support Harbour to the city. services for both public and private patients. It comprises 488 beds, a 50 space emergency During the three year build CPB Contractors department, 14 operating theatres and six set new benchmarks for large scale surgical suites as well as modern intensive construction projects across many fields. care and critical care units, and inpatient The project required negotiation with mental health and training facilities. a network of infrastructure authorities; considered planning of the environmental Northern Beaches Hospital also houses features of the greenfield site; and the state-of-the-art digital technology solutions integration of stakeholder and local including equipment for modern medical community needs. imaging; real time location systems for medical equipment and utensils; a microwave A major challenge of the construction line-of-site link for transfer of large medical involved identifying and segregating hospital imaging files as well as wandering technology works from RMS works and continuing for mental health patients. coordination with the RMS. Road building projects were in progress at three of the site’s The hospital is set to use 15% less power boundaries and site access and egress had to when compared to other facilities of the be coordinated with existing infrastructure. same size and function, due to the integrated CPB Contractors worked with the RMS Energy Management System put in place. to finalise the design of boundary levels, A cogeneration base load plant was installed, road geometry and stormwater paths as well with the capacity for modular expansion, as the concurrent upgrade and connection of sewage, telecommunications, water and natural gas supplies and high voltage electrical upgrades. Existing public roads around the site carry 130,000 cars per day and a high school on the western boundary contributed to flow of vehicular and pedestrian movement. CPB Contractors dealt with this challenge by creating a signalised intersection at the entry to the site, including digging 4kms of trenching through an RMS site to match DEVELOPER : Northern Sydney Central Coast Health and Healthshare NSW established traffic switching methodology. MAIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY : CPB Contractors ARCHITECT : BVN Donovan Hill Significant traffic movement within the STRUCTURAL ENGINEER : Aecom Cost Consulting construction zone was dealt with by CONSTRUCTION VALUE : $600 million 44 NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW WWW.ANCR.COM.AU NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL 45 Below Northern Beaches hospital is set on 6.5 hectares in Frenchs Forest and contains 14 operating theatres and six surgical suites. constructing loop roads for the movement and training achievements are also of note. Another significant factor of the development of materials around the site and establishing Over the three year construction period a was the comprehensive stakeholder and an offsite truck staging area. Planning the peak workforce of 780 personnel worked community relations strategy put in place. deliveries was a key factor too, especially over 2.5 million hours and CPB Contractors Over 130 meetings were held to determine for the movement of many concrete trucks achieved an outstanding level of onsite specific requirements of end users and To minimise traffic impacts CPB Contractors safety performance with no serious incidents implement their needs. employed the innovative solution of using or injuries. two concrete plants, one to the east and one The CPB Contractors team had to determine to the west of the site, so that concrete trucks Particular attention was paid to the operation clinical functional requirements within the travelled against the peak hour flow of traffic. of mobile EWPs. By introducing new design, especially in relation to fittings, operating procedures and implementing furniture, fixtures and equipment. Site CPB Contractors scope of works also an innovative riser construction sequence, tours were offered to over 2,000 people included obtaining environmental approvals CPB Contractors was able to minimise including community groups, local health which involved working closely with the the major safety risks associated with mobile professionals and nursing staff who were local council as well as the Department of EWPs and virtually eliminate fall risks considering transfers to the new hospital. Planning and Environment. A concern at for workers. CPB Contractors became involved with the the greenfield site involved the control of local high school, participating in fundraising stormwater and a comprehensive stormwater CPB Contractors also exceeded targets events as well as providing career advice and management plan was devised early in the for workplace participation in training by work experience placements for students. project. CPB Contractors constructed a achieving a 23% worker involvement and by stormwater system with permanent detention creating over 700 jobs. The Northern Beaches Hospital opened tanks to act as sediment basins to minimise to great acclaim in October 2018. flooding risks to the local area. The construction project employed six The outstanding building, one of six undergraduate builders, engineers and nominees for 2018’s Australian Construction The critical interface with the high school on architects and contributed to two post Achievement Award, is a highly considered the western boundary of the site was dealt graduate studies, 44 apprenticeships and addition to NSW healthcare services. with by CPB Contractors by monitoring traineeships as well as undertaking 62 and controlling noise and air quality. vocational courses. Mental health training For more information contact CPB Contractors, Acoustic hoarding was put in place, was provided to over 1,000 people to Level 18, 177 Pacific Highway, North Sydney construction work scheduled around school deliver mental health awareness objectives NSW 2060, phone 02 8668 6000, fax 02 8668 exam periods and a final configuration of and access to mental health professionals. 6666, website www.cpbcon.com.au roads allowed service vehicles to use the CPB Contractors also provided additional hospital road infrastructure. training for onsite workers to maximise safe For more information contact Healthscope, working procedures in regards to mobile Level 1, 312 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC CPB Contractors used cutting edge plant, working around services and working 3004, phone 03 9926 7500, fax 03 9926 7599, technology to improve design collaboration at heights. website www.healthscope.com.au between stakeholders using BIM and introducing the room data sheet system dRofus which has since become standard practice on all NSW Health building projects. For such a large project a major logistical challenge was the limited number of workers available. Concurrent excavation of the hospital and carpark was scheduled and the sequential construction which followed ensured maximum efficiencies. Yet the construction of the Northern Beaches Hospital exceeded all expectations with major programme targets and an Interim Occupancy Certificate achieved months ahead of schedule. CPB Contractors’ contribution to the construction industry’s safety standards 46 NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW WWW.ANCR.COM.AU NSW PROJECT FEATURE NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL 47 Below Star Group provided the electrical and communications infrastructure including lighting, security systems and the Distributions Antenna System. Star Group specialises in the delivering For substations Star Group offers supply, of electrical engineering and installation installation and commissioning including services. Star Group was contracted by CPB excavation, conduit and cable jointing for Contractors to design