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Hospitals 17 December 2025

Construction update: Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment

We’re making progress on the $396.1 million Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment.

Demolition is now complete at the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment, making room for the new multi-storey clinical services building.

Ahead of major construction, we’ve also:

  • relocated the liquid oxygen tank
  • moved underground services
  • installed new stormwater, sewerage, fire, and water services.

The site is ready for foundational works to start.

In this video, check out the demolition.

Construction update: Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment

[Text on screen: We’re making progress on the $396.1 million Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment]

[Images: aerial views of the demolition of a brick building at the Warrnambool Base Hospital site; ground level view of a digger demolishing the wall of an old building]

[Text on screen: Demolition is now complete paving the way for foundational works to start]

[Images: close up of digger removing bricks and demolished structures from the building onto a pile]

[Text on screen: The redevelopment will deliver:

  • a multi-storey clinical services building
  • a bigger emergency department
  • more inpatient beds
  • more specialised care.]

[Images: worker directing digger movement; aerial view of digger loading demolition debris into skip]

[Text on screen: Breaking ground on a new era of care for south-west Victorians]

[Images: wide aerial shot of the construction site within the larger hospital complex and surrounding suburbs]

[Images: A partnership screen displays the text ‘In partnership with’ and the South West Healthcare and Hansen Yuncken logos]

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

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Site activity

Since early works began, crews have:

  • worked more than 53,000 hours
  • laid 4km of pipework in and around the site
  • upgraded the oxygen system with increased capacity
  • installed 150,000 litre water storage tanks and 500,000 litre tanks for fire safety systems
  • realigned part of Hider Street.

Learn more about the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment.

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