New Melton Hospital Project industry briefing
The industry briefing was an opportunity for major infrastructure and partner organisations to learn more about the New Melton Hospital Project and its procurement process.
Speakers included:
Health services share $20 million in funding for new surgical equipment
New Footscray Hospital Project Newsletter #4 | August 2022
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The final truckload of rock and soil left the site at the end of June, marking the completion of bulk earthworks and excavation. There has been a total of 360,000 cubic metres of material excavated, which has involved 24,000 truck movements.
With excavation now complete, the last concrete slab on ground pour was completed in early July.
Authorities are continuing works on Federal and Tiernan Streets to upgrade the surrounding utilities for the new hospital.
The final concrete pour for level one of Victoria University’s education and research building is now complete. Perimeter screens have been set up to encapsulate structural works taking place.
Concrete structure works from the basement up on all buildings have begun - with around 70 concrete slabs poured to date.
Connectivity Centre - a jobs and community hub
Located in the heart of Footscray, the NFH Jobs Hub, in partnership with the Connectivity Centre, continues to support the west through connecting the local community to jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities both on the new hospital site and at Victoria University Polytechnic.
Since the centre opened its doors in November 2021, there have been almost 600 visitors. Drop-in sessions are held every Tuesday 10.00 am - 12.00 pm to assist students and job seekers interested in working on the new Footscray Hospital. Job readiness information sessions are also held on a weekly basis.
A number of community events have also been hosted at the centre including the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre – Women’s Empowerment Program, International Women’s Day and Cultural Diversity Week.
The centre has established and maintained relationships with close to 100 community partners. Through this engagement, 28 local job seekers identifying as disabled, Indigenous or from a disadvantaged background have been referred to employment opportunities on the New Footscray Hospital Project. A further 45 people have been placed into job ready programs, employment support services, education and training opportunities as a pathway to working on the project.
The Connectivity Centre and NFH Jobs Hub are located at 138 Nicholson Street, Footscray.
If you are interested in employment and training opportunities at the new Footscray Hospital email footscray@theconnectivitycentre.com.au.
Picturing Footscray finds new exhibition home at Connectivity Centre
Victoria University’s Picturing Footscray photography prize is a free open-entry competition that focuses on Melbourne’s unique inner-west suburb of Footscray.
After two years of holding Picturing Footscray virtually, 2022 will see the return of a physical exhibition held at the Connectivity Centre in the NFH Jobs Hub from 13 October - 11 November 2022.
The Plenary Health consortium, delivering the new Footscray Hospital in partnership with the Victorian Government and Western Health, is proud to sponsor first prize. The Connectivity Centre is sponsoring this year’s People’s Choice Award.
Enter the Picturing Footscray photography prize
The beloved competition is back for the seventh year running with more than $5,000 in prizes available. Photographers of all capabilities are invited to enter.
Smoking ceremony on the new hospital site
In the lead-up to NAIDOC Week, a smoking ceremony was held on the site of the new Footscray Hospital. It included a Welcome to Country by Wurundjeri Elder Uncle Ringo Terrick and a performance by the Koori Youth Will Shake Spears dance group.
The construction workforce observed the ceremony and were joined by senior representatives from Australian Government and project partners from Victorian Government, Maribyrnong City Council, Western Health, Plenary Health and Multiplex.
Footscray Community Arts named arts partner
Footscray Community Arts has been announced as official arts partner for the new hospital and will commission local artists to create a welcoming space for patients, staff and visitors.
Footscray Community Arts Artistic Director, Daniel Santangeli, said: 'As one of Australia’s leading community arts centres, we’re looking forward to bringing together local artists and their work to help create inclusive, safe and sustainable spaces within the new hospital.'
Art has been considered as part of the hospital design to deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes and will include standalone works and immersive art forms in external and internal spaces.
Plenary Health New Footscray Hospital Project Chair, Kelvyn Lavelle, said: 'Footscray Community Arts is an important part of the cultural fabric in the west and with their 50-year legacy, they are the perfect arts partner for the new hospital,' Mr Lavelle said.
The new partnership is already working on a ‘Faces of Footscray’ community photography series that will utilise the site’s expansive hoarding.
Meet the faces of Footscray Hospital
Linda Pocock, Nurse unit manager - 3 East
A career in caring was always on the cards for Linda Pocock.
As a child, she vividly recalls the satisfaction she got from looking after her sick grandparents.
'Being a nurse is all I ever wanted to do,' Linda says.
'I absolutely love it. Being able to help people and see them get better… it’s a real privilege and a passion.'
Linda began her nursing career in 1984. She was a newlywed when she left her Warrnambool home, destined for Footscray Hospital.
In the almost four decades since, Linda has worked in a variety of nursing roles at Footscray Hospital. She has also tapped into the broader Western Health network, including gaining experience working as an Acting Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) at Sunshine and Williamstown hospitals.
For the past five years, Linda has led the team as 3 East Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) at Footscray Hospital.
'I drive past another hospital every single day to come and work here,' Linda says.
'I know so many people so when I walk down the corridor, it’s so lovely to hear people say: ‘Good morning, Linda’'.
'I love working at Footscray, it is a bit like a family.'
NFH partnering with organisations in the west
The benefits of the new Footscray Hospital are reaching further than the construction site, with community partnerships supporting the growing western suburbs more broadly.
Plenary Health, delivering the hospital in partnership with the Victorian Government and Western Health, have announced five-year partnerships with both Youth Junction and the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation (WBCF) programs.
Youth Junction’s Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma (P.A.R.T.Y) Program aims to help people aged 19 - 25 in the west understand risks, choices and consequences associated with unsafe driving, drinking and other risky behaviours.
The Western Bulldogs Community Foundation (WBCF) and Plenary Health have joined forces to support the Youth Leadership Project - a development program for young people aged 14 to 16 living across the west of Melbourne and Victoria.
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August 2022 Installation of v-columns at hospital entries on Geelong and Ballarat Roads Stormwater works on Federal and Tiernan Streets continue. Level 1 of the main hospital building superstructure to begin.August 2022
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September 2022 Level 2 of the main hospital building superstructure and removal of basement formwork to begin. Topping out of Federal Street, Tiernan Street and Victoria University Buildings.September 2022
Level 2 of the main hospital building superstructure and removal of basement formwork to begin. Topping out of Federal Street, Tiernan Street and Victoria University Buildings.
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October 2022 Level 3 of the main hospital building superstructure to begin.October 2022
Level 3 of the main hospital building superstructure to begin.
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November 2022 Superstructure concrete works continue.November 2022
Superstructure concrete works continue.
Did you know?
In 1983, the nurses home at the existing Footscray Hospital was renamed the Mavis Mitchell nurses home, in memory of the hospital’s first matron, Mavis J Mitchell. The late Mavis Mitchell is currently honoured through the Mavis Mitchell Memorial Scholarship and the Mavis Mitchell Room at Footscray Hospital, acknowledging her commitment to nurse education and leadership. If you look up at the crane skyline you’ll spot Mavis recognised with her name on one of the ten tower cranes on the new Footscray Hospital site.
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Welcome to the latest New Footscray Hospital Project newsletter.
Your new Footscray Hospital continues to rise above the site hoarding with excavation, earthworks and foundations all now complete for Victoria’s largest ever health infrastructure investment.
The main hospital tower containing the Inpatient Unit (IPU) is already visible from the street along Geelong Road and more of the new hospital structure is emerging from the ground.
Over the coming months, passers-by will notice the installation of huge v-shaped columns on Ballarat and Geelong Roads. Standing three-stories high, with each element weighing around 90 tonnes, these architecturally significant columns mark an exciting milestone for the new hospital.
The New Footscray Hospital Project is committed to giving back to the community, and is proud to announce some recent partnerships with local organisations in the west. The project is also continuing to connect people to jobs, apprenticeships, and training through the NFH Jobs Hub and Connectivity Centre.
Read more about your new hospital in the community, the latest construction update, and what’s ahead for the project in this latest edition.
You can subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date on our announcements and project updates.
Moving on up
The site is a hive of activity as structures rise above the hoarding. Let’s look at what’s been happening over these past few months:
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Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment: Community survey report
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Purpose of the report
The Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA), together with Maryborough District Health, is committed to providing the local community, including patients, visitors, staff and volunteers at the Maryborough District Health Service, with meaningful opportunities to provide input into this significant redevelopment.
In June 2022 the project team sought community feedback – via a community survey – to help inform key areas of the redevelopment. The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of what we’ve heard and share community ideas and priorities that will be considered in the design planning for the redevelopment.
This is a summary of the community survey report findings, which you can also view in PDF format.
About the project
The Victorian Government is investing $100 million to redevelop and expand Maryborough and District Hospital.
The state-of-the-art redevelopment will deliver a new urgent care centre, a 32-bed inpatient unit inclusive of two new birthing suites, two operating theatres and recovery spaces, and a day medical centre with imaging, renal, chemotherapy and pathology services.
When complete, the team at Maryborough and District Hospital will be able to treat an additional 4,000 patients every year.
Construction on the hospital expansion will start in early 2023 and be completed in late 2024.
Community engagement
The primary objectives for engagement were to:
- provide an opportunity for community members to have their say and help shape key areas of redevelopment
- better understand impacts on the community and any concerns relating to the redevelopment
- raise awareness of the redevelopment and what it means for the community.
The community’s influence
The survey has sought and considered feedback on what the community would like to see in the hospital’s communal waiting area, outdoor and terrace spaces, including artwork, plants and interactive activities.
The input captured in this report has been shared with the project team with the opportunity for feedback to be reflected in the final design of the redevelopment.
How we engaged
The VHBA led a community survey on the Engage Victoria portal from 17 June to 15 July 2022, to seek community input on what they would like to see in the hospital’s communal waiting areas, and outdoor and terrace spaces, including artwork, plants and interactive activities.
The survey was published online on the Engage Victoria website and hard copies were also available from the hospital. It was promoted in local media and on social media.
The VHBA received 127 survey submissions.
What we heard
Carparking
- Carparking is a challenge when attending a hospital or health facility
- Need more hospital carparking spaces.
Welcoming space
Preference for:
- greenery and plants throughout patient spaces
- modern interior and warm external and internal lighting to create a non-clinical environment.
- natural light.
- seating and benches in private and quiet spaces
- good coffee and food
- access to free WIFI and phone charging stations in common areas
- more privacy at check-in areas.
Accessibility
Preference for:
- good access via public transport and bike racks
- clearly defined entry and exit points
- clear, easy-to-understand wayfinding signage
- carparking with easy access and drop off zones
- dedicated places to park mobility scooters close to doors
- ease of access to outdoors for women, families and wheelchairs.
Family-friendly spaces
Preference for:
- adequate space and changing facilities for parents in toilets
- parent’s and family lounges
- separate children’s play areas
- child-friendly spaces.
Artwork
Preference for:
- works created for indoors and outdoors by local Goldfield’s artists or First Nations Artists are highly desirable
- public art and historical photos of the district which reflect the heritage of the area
- signage and spaces to welcome LGBTIQ+ patients, their friends and family.
Landscape
Preference for:
- trees and plants indoors and outdoors
- integration of the physical building into the natural environment
- comfortable seating and bench options in the common outdoor and terrace areas
- open spaces that provide the opportunity to connect with greenspace
- weather protected and shaded areas in the common outdoor and terrace areas.
Safety
- security measures at the hospital.
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Early works The early works for the redevelopment are underway and are expected be completed by early 2023. This involves site preparations, relocation of in-ground services, demolition of buildings, relocation and refurbishment of dental and family services facilities, and new onsite car parking. The main works for the project are planned to commence in early 2023.Early works
The early works for the redevelopment are underway and are expected be completed by early 2023. This involves site preparations, relocation of in-ground services, demolition of buildings, relocation and refurbishment of dental and family services facilities, and new onsite car parking. The main works for the project are planned to commence in early 2023.
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Ongoing engagement The Victorian Government is committed to ongoing engagement with the local community, and we will share further progress on this significant development at key stages throughout the project. We will work closely with Maryborough and District Health Service to minimise disruption to neighbouring residents and businesses while construction is underway. Maryborough and District Health Service will continue to operate and provide usual services for the duration of the construction.Ongoing engagement
The Victorian Government is committed to ongoing engagement with the local community, and we will share further progress on this significant development at key stages throughout the project. We will work closely with Maryborough and District Health Service to minimise disruption to neighbouring residents and businesses while construction is underway. Maryborough and District Health Service will continue to operate and provide usual services for the duration of the construction.
Conclusion
Input from the community has provided the Victorian Government with:
- a clearer understanding of the priorities for Maryborough and the surrounding communities
- ideas and a vision for key spaces and areas in the redeveloped hospital.
- the issues and concerns that matter to residents of Maryborough and the surrounding communities.
More information
For more information on the Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment, visit the Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment project page or contact our project team at vhba@health.vic.gov.au.
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Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment: Community information session
The Ballarat community was invited to attend a drop-in information session to view and learn more about the final designs for Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment.
Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment community survey
The Victorian Government is providing $396.1 million to deliver the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment.
We asked the local community to have a say on the spaces and services most important to them to help us shape this significant investment for Warrnambool and south west Victoria.
Youth mental health facility upgrades in Bendigo, Dandenong and Frankston
VHBA In Brief: July 2022
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Welcome to VHBA In Brief
In this issue, find out more about our latest project milestones and explore:
- new designs for the massive Frankston Hospital redevelopment
- how we expanded the Monash Medical Centre's emergency department
- how we’re using modular construction
- a new mixed-medical facility for the Dja Dja Wurrung community
- latest international award for the New Footscray Hospital Project
- current procurement opportunities.
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Frankston Hospital redevelopment designs
Construction of the $1.1 billion Frankston Hospital redevelopment is now underway, with newly released designs revealing a first look at the largest ever health infrastructure investment in Melbourne’s south-east.
The images in the video showcase the design’s earthy tones and layered materials, inspired by the distinctive coastline of the Mornington Peninsula.
Watch the Frankston Hospital redevelopment design release video
In the spotlight
Monash Medical Centre: expanding a busy major hospital
Construction on emergency departments and hospitals has continued through the pandemic, with more vital resources becoming available.
See how we expanded one of Victoria’s busiest emergency departments at the Monash Medical Centre.
Modular construction in healthcare design
Modular construction can deliver fast, high quality and sustainable healthcare buildings. Prefabricated buildings these days are smart, can be built as permanent structures, and the quality is equal to a traditional build.
Explore how we are using the modular approach in healthcare design.
Project pulse
See our latest milestones:
- new Camperdown aged care facility: Designs released
- new emergency department for Albury Wodonga Health: Construction begins
- Swan Hill District Health emergency department redevelopment: Designs released
- new ambulance branches in Ararat, Inglewood, Karingal and Rochester: Builders appointed
In case you missed it
Procurement
Buying for Victoria
- Kingston Residential Aged Care Development: Main Works - Forward Notice (closing 29 July 2022)
- Warrnambool Base Hospital Redevelopment Stage 1: ECI, Early & Main Works. Managing Contractor Services (closing 29 July 2022)
- Rutherglen Residential Aged Care Development: Main Works - Forward Notice (closing 04 October 2022)
Industry Capability Network
Local subcontractors and suppliers can submit initial expressions of interest in trade packages, furniture, fittings and equipment, and other work packages that may form part of the following projects:
- Rutherglen residential aged care development
- Kingston residential aged care development
- Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment
We encourage suppliers to register on Buying for Victoria (tenders.vic.gov.au) and the Industry Capability Network (ICN Gateway) to view VHBA offers to supply. Find out more about VHBA procurement.
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