Project updates
» Main hospital designs completed (July 2010)
» Ward towers shape Murdoch skyline (July 2010)
» Students help to rehabilitate local bushland (July 2010)
» Fiona Stanley Hospital project staff information booths (July 2010)
» Main hospital taking shape (May 2010)
» New addition to prototype rooms (May 2010)
» State rehabilitation design underway (May 2010)
» Construction commenced on new hospital (December 2009)
» Fiona Stanley Hospital team moves to site (July 2009)
» Sydney trip to study noise (July 2009)
» New services for Fiona Stanley Hospital (June 2009)
» Federal funding for State rehabilitation service (June 2009)
» Builder appointed for Fiona Stanley Hospital (June 2009)
» Locals learn more about Fiona Stanley Hospital (March 2009)
July 2010
Main hospital designs completed
Main hospital designs completed
Design work on the main Fiona Stanley Hospital building has been completed - a major milestone in the development of WA’s flagship tertiary hospital.
To mark the occasion, Health Minister Dr Kim Hames unveiled a new set of artists’ impressions showing new features including building colours, materials and finishes.
"I am thrilled to see these final designs because they truly reflect what Fiona Stanley Hospital will look like when it opens to patients in 2014," Dr Hames said.
Dr Hames also unveiled a video featuring nine full-size replica rooms including a typical patient room in the new hospital. Some 83 per cent of patient beds will be in private rooms.
Take a look at artist’s impressions of the new hospital.
Take an online tour of the prototype rooms
Ward towers shape Murdoch skyline
The skyline of the new hospital is taking shape over Murdoch. The floors of the main hospital can be clearly seen now while the ward towers have reached level six with just two more levels left to be built.
Construction is also set to start soon on one of the major car parks at the hospital. Some 30 trucks a day removed more than 55,000m³ of topsoil at the site during June. The topsoil will be used to rehabilitate nearby parks and bushland.
Work is now underway on the main road through the precinct, linking the new hospital with Murdoch Drive and the bus and rail interchange.
Students help to rehabilitate local bushland
Thirty-five students from Emmanuel Catholic College in Beeliar joined a team from the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) to plant 800 local provenance seedlings in degraded bushland around Kogolup Lake in Beeliar Regional Park.
The years 8, 9 and 10 students planted swamp banksia, swamp paperbark, flooded gum and stout paperbark.
The project is one of many local environmental initiatives to receive funding from the Fiona Stanley Hospital project. A total of $200,000 is being provided over five years to fund local programs with the grants distributed by DEC through its Healthy Parks, Healthy People program.
Fiona Stanley Hospital staff information booths
The Fiona Stanley Hospital project team is visiting the following metropolitan hospitals in July to provide updates on the project to staff and other interested stakeholders.
| Date and time | Location |
| Thursday 15 July 2010 11.30am to 1.30pm |
Downstairs Atrium, Rockingham General Hospital |
| Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 July 2010 11.30am to 1.30pm each day |
B5 Corridor (near cafe), Fremantle Hospital |
| Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 July 2010 11.30am to 1.30pm each day |
Wellington Street Flyover Bridge, Royal Perth Hospital |
| Friday 23 July 2010 9am to 11am |
Main Foyer, Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital |
| Friday 23 July 2010 1pm to 3pm |
Near staff dining area, Bentley Hospital |
| Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 July 2010 11.30am to 1.30pm each day |
Watling Street, Ground Floor, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
| Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 July 2010 11.30am to 1.30pm each day |
Canteen area, Royal Perth Hospital Shenton Park Campus |
For more information please phone 1800 659 475 or Email: fsh@health.wa.gov.au
May 2010
Main hospital taking shape
Construction work well underway on main Fiona Stanley Hospital building
Formation of the suspended floors for the main Fiona Stanley Hospital building commenced in April 2010 with the amount of concrete for the first pour equating to approximately 70 truck loads.
This was the first of 151 suspended slab pours to be carried out over the coming months. More than 50,000 cubic metres of concrete will be used to pour the slabs for the main hospital alone.
The levels for the main hospital are now rising out of the ground with work also underway on the in-ground services such as sewer and stormwater services. Work on the facade of the main hospital will commence later this year.
Construction of the Education and Pathology building is progressing well and is currently running slightly ahead of schedule.
New addition to prototype rooms
A new, fully operational wet area has been established as part of the prototype rooms so the hospital design team and users can test toilets, taps, hand basins, showers and bathrooms.
The new testing area incorporates feedback and input provided by key user groups and clinicians at the last major consultation sessions held in December 2009 on the design of wet areas for Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Having a fully functioning wet area means that a variety of important features can be trialled such as the types of taps and possible splash impacts on the surrounding areas.
Fiona Stanley Hospital prototype rooms feature nine full-size replica rooms which include patient rooms, an operating room; an intensive care room; an emergency department resuscitation bay; a staff base; a consultation room and utility rooms.
These are fitted out with the latest in furniture and fittings to demonstrate how the rooms may look and function when the hospital is completed in 2013.
State rehabilitation design underway
Detailed design of the new State rehabilitation service at Fiona Stanley Hospital is now underway as part of an extensive consultation process.
The new $255.7 million, 140-bed facility will be funded by the Australian Government and have access to services in the main hospital such as operating theatres and pathology.
Developing the service as part of Fiona Stanley Hospital also means excellent access to hospital, public transport and on-site conservation areas.
Staff from the Shenton Park rehabilitation campus, as well as current and former patients, their families and non-government organisations have been involved in the design of the new State rehabilitation service since July 2009. Brookfield Multiplex, the current Stage One Managing Contractor of Fiona Stanley Hospital has also been involved.
The new facility will care for people with spinal injuries, acquired brain injuries and those who require care after strokes, neurological disease and amputations.
Find out more about the State rehabilitation service (PDF 226KB).
December 2009
Construction commenced on hospital
Concrete is poured for the main hospital building
Concrete was poured on the first of 620 piles and caps for the foundations of the main Fiona Stanley Hospital building in December 2009.
It was just some of the 100,000 cubic metres of concrete that will be used to build the hospital over the next four years. When completed, the buildings on the campus will cover an area of four city blocks and contain 150,000sqm of floor space.
Over the next six months, site levelling, piling works and foundation work are scheduled to be completed on the main hospital. The lower ground levels of the Education and Pathology building are also planned to be finished.
More than 10,000 people are expected to be employed on the site over the construction period.
July 2009
Fiona Stanley Hospital team moves to site
Health Minister Dr Kim Hames
visited the site in July
The delivery of the State’s newest tertiary hospital moved a step closer with almost 90 construction experts, project managers and other industry professionals moving into new office accommodation on the Murdoch site of Fiona Stanley Hospital.
The site office jointly houses more than design and project management specialists from the WA Health team and more than 60 contract and construction experts from Brookfield Multiplex, the managing contractor for the Stage One contract for design and construction of the hospital.
Health Minister Dr Kim Hames visited the site in July 2009 as the team moved into their new site office, which is almost 1,300sqm in size and built to accommodate more than 120 people over the five-year life of the project.
Construction of the main hospital buildings started in late 2009 and the site office will be home for the team until the hospital opens its doors in 2014.
Sydney trip to study noise
Sound absorption was at the top of the agenda for Fiona Stanley Hospital senior project coordinator Di Mantell when she travelled to Sydney in July 2009.
Her first stop was the recently completed redevelopment of Auburn Hospital in Sydney’s west. The facility was built by Multiplex and used a range of techniques and treatments, such as wall finishes and a particular style of plasterboard installation, to help absorb sound in the hospital.
“I saw how the techniques had been used in patient bedrooms, consultant rooms, procedure and treatment areas and staff accommodation to minimise the noise level. I also spoke to lots of users who were very pleased with the result,” Ms Mantell said.
Ms Mantell also spent time with robotics companies to see their technology in action.
“We are looking at the how robotics could potentially be used throughout the hospital to improve safety standards.”
June 2009
New services for Fiona Stanley Hospital
Obstetric and neonatal services will be included in the services provided when the Fiona Stanley Hospital opens its doors in 2014.
Fiona Stanley Hospital will now include a 30-bed obstetric unit and an 18-cot neonatal unit. There will also be an eight-bed mother and baby facility within the mental health unit to enable more women from the southern suburbs to deliver their children closer to home.
Federal funding for State rehabilitation service
The Federal Government has announced it will contribute $255.7 million for a new State rehabilitation service on the Fiona Stanley Hospital site.
Health Minister Dr Kim Hames said the announcement of the funding was very welcome news for staff, residents and the broader community.
“It has been broadly accepted that Fiona Stanley Hospital is the best site to locate the new service and now that Australian Government funding has been confirmed, we will move as quickly as possible to enable this total relocation to occur,” Dr Hames said.
“We will work with the Australian Government to agree a timeframe for the commencement and completion of the project, but it is our hope that the new centre can be included in Stage 1 of Fiona Stanley Hospital when it opens in 2014.”
Builder appointed for Fiona Stanley Hospital
Brookfield Multiplex has been appointed as the managing contractor for the Stage One contract for design and construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital at Murdoch.
Brookfield Multiplex is well placed to lead the design and construction of the State’s new tertiary hospital, having worked on many major infrastructure projects including a number of successful international and interstate health projects.
The company’s experience includes the construction of 25 hospitals including:
- the Greater Peterborough Hospital in the United Kingdom
- Victoria’s Casey, Broadmeadows and Royal Melbourne Hospitals
- the Prince Charles Hospital redevelopment and Royal Brisbane Hospital in Queensland
- the Waitekere Hospital in New Zealand
Locally, Brookfield Multiplex has worked on St John of God Hospital Murdoch and Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, along with the $195 million District Court Building, the $225 million Perth Convention Exhibition Centre and the $600 million City Square development in Perth’s CBD.
March 2009
Locals learn more about Fiona Stanley Hospital
More than 85 local residents and other interested community members attended a two-hour information session on 19 November 2009 to learn more about the planning and development of the state’s newest tertiary hospital.
Project team specialists were on hand to answer questions about all aspects of the hospital’s development – including the services, design, environment and landscape and site planning. Representatives from Main Roads WA, the Public Transport Authority and the Department for Planning and Infrastructure also assisted with questions relating to the planning for the wider Murdoch precinct.
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