MULTIPLEX has been awarded the main works contract to deliver the $1 billion Westmead redevelopment.
The appointment marks the end of an extensive user group consultation process, in which Multiplex engaged with clinicians, patients, families and community members to finalise a design for the new hospital building which, at 12-storeys high, will be the tallest in Australia.
The new hospital building has been designed by architects HDR Rice Daubney. At 12 storeys high from ground level, it will be the tallest hospital building in Australia and will embrace the new trend towards vertical hospital design.
“The new building will be built up rather than out and won’t follow the traditional large horizontal floorplate,” regional managing director David Ghannoum said. “For patients, this will mean faster transfer times, more natural light and better views from their rooms, aiding their experience and recovery.”
The new hospital building will provide a total of 95,559 sqm of space with a range of adult and paediatric services, including emergency, pharmacy, imaging, state-of-the-art operating suites and multiple in-patient units. It will also include a floor and a half of University of Sydney space. A helipad will be located on level 13 and underground car parking spaces will also be built as part of the project.
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