CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors has been awarded the contract to deliver the design, early works, and delivery phases of the $940 million Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital in Sydney.
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Works include upgrades and the reconfiguration of RPA’s emergency, intensive care, acute inpatient, paediatric inpatient, medical imaging, and women and babies departments, as well as of the operating theatres.
“Following the recent award-winning redevelopment of Nepean Hospital Stage 1 and the redevelopment of Campbelltown Hospital in Western Sydney, our team will bring their knowledge, experience and ‘hospital first’ approach to this project,” said CPB Contractors Managing Director, Jason Spears.
“We look forward to working with the NSW Government to deliver this upgrade for the thousands of people who come through the RPA Hospital doors every year. We are focused on putting the needs of health workers, patients and community first, as well as ensuring minimal disruption to the hospital operations, while providing local employment and traineeship opportunities, and seeking Indigenous and social procurement.”
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The scope of work includes the construction of a new 15-storey acute hospital building adjoining the existing RPA Hospital, vertical and horizontal expansion of the existing hospital structure, major refurbishment to existing spaces across the campus including the ambulance parking area, re-alignment of Lambie Dew Drive Road, diversion of existing inground services, and the design and construction of a temporary helicopter landing site.
According to Infrastructure Pipeline Australia, the project will be delivered in three stages over five years. Phase One will entail demolition, tree removal and service diversions, construction of the new East Wing, vertical extension to B89. o construction of the temporary HLS, and internal building works including new lift installations and construction of a linkway at Level 7. Phase Two of the project is set to consist of external extension civil and piling, structural and façade, and loading dock road lowering and associated service relocations, while Phase Three, which is set to take place from November 2026 to July 2028, eastern extension connections into the existing and internal fit-out, relocation of existing departments, internal refurbishments (including recovery/perioperative unit, ED, ambulance entry, radiology rooms and cardiac catheter labs (warm shell), and site wide landscaping.
CPB Contractors will work closely with Health Infrastructure NSW to deliver the $940 million Royal Prince Alfred Hospital redevelopment. Construction will commence in 2024 and is set for completion in 2028.