This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
MULTIPLEX will join Ramsay Health Care, in the $256.7 million development of the Joondalup Health Campus, after being awarded ECI tender.
Perth founded Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd awarded the Early Contractor Involvement tender, as the Joondalup Health Campus Development’s Stage 2 Project progresses.
Multiplex will collaborate with Ramsay Health Care in presenting an ECI proposal to the Western Australian state government in the second quarter of 2021, before commencement of the construction phase.
In developing the proposal, they will develop the design of the works, including the timing and sequencing, construction methodology, staging and agreed costing. With design being informed by consumer and clinical expert feedback.
Of the estimated $256.7 million cost, the Commonwealth government has committed $158 million under the Western Australian Hospital Infrastructure Package.
In part informed by the global pandemic, early works will include a new 12 bay Infectious Diseases Unit within the emergency department.
“This unit will be extremely useful for any future infection outbreaks in WA. It equips Joondalup Health Campus with an appropriate facility to rapidly limit spread and protect others whilst providing high-quality emergency care to the affected individual,” said Health Minister Roger Cook.
Additionally, included in the early works will be a three bay Behaviour Assessment Urgent Care Clinic for the emergency department, which will aid those affected behaviourally, including those who are affected by drugs and alcohol.
“The creation of a new Behaviour Assessment Urgent Care Clinic will create a calmer environment for other patients within the main ED and provide the specialised attention that is required by people who are affected behaviourally, violent or aggressive,” said Cook.
The full expansion of the Campus will include a new mental health building, 12 new emergency department patient bays, a Behaviour Assessment Urgent Care Clinic, 90 inpatient beds in a design to meet future demand, six new critical care beds, increased parking bays for members of the public and staff, and a new operating theatre and cardiac catheter laboratory.
“Over the lifetime of this project, hundreds of jobs will be created – both during the construction phase and beyond,” concluded Cook.
The entire development is currently expected to be completed by late 2025.
