Featured Project: Casey Hospital Expansion

The demand for healthcare in Melbourne’s south-east suburb has increased significantly since the Casey hospital opened in 2004. This expansion project will help relieve pressure and improve health services for the local communities.

The Project

This modest 12-year-old community hospital is set to undergo its biggest overhaul yet. The Casey Hospital expansion project is a $135 million construction operation that will provide the infrastructure needed for Casey Hospital’s soon-to-be-opened public healthcare facilities. The 13,000 square metre expansion will create 160 new beds, the hospital’s first intensive care unit, upgraded pharmacy and much much more. At completion, the enlarged Casey Hospital will make space for 300 new staff, and provide education and training spaces for students of Monash university. The expanded Casey Hospital will be equipped to treat an additional 25,000 people each year.

The Players

Behind the Casey Hospital expansion project is Plenary Group, comprising of Plenary Health, Brookfield GIS and Watpac Construction. Fully funded by the Victorian government, the Casey Hospital expansion has created over 90 new jobs during construction alone. Builders Watpac have been responsible for the finalisation of designs, while taking care of the end-to-end construction of the building.

In addition to the Casey Hospital project, Watpac have worked on various other world-class health and science infrastructure assignments across the country. In Victoria, their portfolio of successful projects includes the Frankston Private Hospital, Knox Private Hospital and the Baptcare Residential Aged Care Facility.  

Location

Casey Hospital is located in Berwick, in the outer southeast of Melbourne. With the existing 273-bed Casey Hospital no longer able to sustain the suburb’s rapid growth, the expanded healthcare facility will provide much needed additional healthcare facilities to the area.

The Timeline

Currently under construction, works on the Casey Hospital expansion project began in September 2017 and are due for completion August 2019. Staged handovers are set to take place in July 2018, March 2019, April 2019 and September 2019.

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