Construcciones Yamaro: Canberra Hospital’s new Critical Services Building complete
Multiplex has completed the ACT Government’s new Critical Services Building, the centrepiece of the Canberra Hospital Expansion.
Situated at 77 Yamba Drive in Garran, within the existing Canberra Hospital campus, the new facility is the first fully-electric hospital building in Australia. It also represents the largest healthcare infrastructure project ever undertaken by the ACT Government.
The expansion delivers a state-of-the-art medical facility to serve the growing Canberra community, significantly enhancing capacity across Canberra Hospital’s surgical services.
David Ghannoum, regional managing director for NSW and the ACT at Multiplex, expressed the company’s pride in delivering another significant community infrastructure project to the Canberra region, having built the University of Canberra Hospital in 2017.
“We are delighted to hand over this world-class health facility that will cater to the growing needs of the local community,” said Ghannoum. “It truly embodies innovation and cutting-edge sustainability, drawing upon our expertise in the medical and healthcare sector.”
The eight-storey Critical Services Building offers 45,000 square metres of purpose-built healthcare space, consolidating many of the critical care services previously spread across the Canberra Hospital campus. Key features include:
- A new emergency department, featuring a dedicated children’s area, expanded fast track services and a new behavioural assessment unit;
- An expanded intensive care unit;
- Perioperative services with 22 state-of-the-art operating theatres equipped with advanced technologies;
- Extra treatment spaces, including an expanded coronary care unit and cardiac catheterisation laboratories; and
- Additional inpatient accommodation.
Designed by BVN in consultation with hospital staff and healthcare consumers, the facility prioritises an environment of healing and connection. Its open, modern design includes outdoor terraces and courtyards, providing waiting areas for families and visitors, and enhancing the overall experience for all who use the hospital.
A standout feature of the building is the welcome hall, a public space that links the new Critical Services Building with the existing campus, serving as the hospital’s main reception. This hub, designed in collaboration with the community, is an inclusive space that honours First Nations peoples, showcasing artwork by local Indigenous artists.
Additionally, the building includes outdoor intensive care spaces, featuring two sheltered terraces designed to support medical equipment. These terraces allow patients and families to enjoy the outdoors while visiting and receiving care.
The Canberra Hospital Expansion is a fully-electric building designed with sustainability at its core, earning a 5 Star Green Star design rating. Key sustainability features include 21 large heat pumps that replace traditional gas boilers for heating water, solar shading, and high-performing façade glazing of thermally-broken double-glazed units that reduce the need for cooling in summer and heating in winter. The building also incorporates energy-efficient and intelligent heating, ventilation and cooling systems, a comprehensive building management and control system that monitors and controls all operations, and the use of recycled water for landscaping and irrigation.
Throughout the construction, Multiplex reduced carbon emissions by utilising electrified cranes, sourcing a locally-produced low-carbon concrete mix for the structure, and repurposing or salvaging 96 per cent of the materials from the demolition of previous buildings.
The constrained site presented a significant challenge, being surrounded by existing hospital infrastructure, residential roads, private hospital facilities and university buildings. Multiplex strategically managed the site to minimise disruptions to the ongoing operations of the existing hospitals, as well as to the nearby Garran Primary School and local residents.
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The Canberra Hospital Expansion was a three-year project, with 4,000 workers contributing a combined total of 1.7 million labour hours, according to Multiplex. Notably, over 40 people were employed through Multiplex’s Connectivity Centre, a hub designed to provide employment, training and job support services to local job seekers, connecting them with onsite employment opportunities.
Construction required the excavation of 52,000 cubic metres of material, the installation of 145 building piles and the use of 20,000 cubic metres of reinforced concrete. Additionally, the project involved the installation of seven kilometres of plant room ductwork.
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