Hospitals 06 May 2026

Topping out reached for bigger, better Ballarat Base Hospital

The $655 million Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment is soaring high in the Ballarat skyline with topping out reached for the new hospital tower.

Over 1,130 workers have worked onsite to date, with 360 tonnes of steel and major concrete pours seeing the new tower’s structure come to life from the ground up.

Topping out after seven levels and a new rooftop helipad, the tower totals 44 metres in height.

Ballarat Base Hospital reaches new heights

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[Text on screen: The $655 million Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment is reaching new heights.]

[Images: aerial footage of Ballarat Base Hospital’s new tower under construction]

[Text on screen: Peaking at 44 metres high, works are complete on the tower’s structure.]

[Images: timelapse footage of tower’s structure rising]

[Text on screen: Over 360 tonnes of steel was used to form the tower’s frame.]

[Text on screen: Works will now focus on façade and helipad installation, as well as internal fit out.]

[Text on screen: The new tower will provide capacity to treat at least 18,000 more emergency patients and an extra 14,500 inpatients per year.]

[Images: artist’s impression of the new hospital tower]

[Images: artist’s impression of a patient room]

[Images: artist’s impression of waiting area with children and adults]

[Text on screen: Construction is on track to be completed in 2027.]

[Images: aerial footage of the Ballarat Base Hospital’s new tower under construction]

[Images: A slide displays the text ‘In partnership with’ with Grampians Health and Built logos. 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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Works will now focus on façade installation, installing the helipad, and internal fit out. The striking façade, which will total 1,100 panels, has already started to wrap around the tower. Fit out trades continue across multiple areas, and the site’s tower cranes are progressively coming down.

Once complete, Ballarat Base Hospital’s new hospital tower will provide a new main entrance and emergency department, capacity for 100 more inpatient and short stay beds, a new state of the art theatre suite, and a new expanded women’s and children’s hub.

Construction of the new tower is on track to be completed in 2027.

Learn more about the Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment.