The John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct will see the redevelopment and expansion of the John Hunter Hospital.
The redevelopment will take place on a new site and will include a new seven-storey Acute Services Building with:
- a new Emergency Department
- critical care services (adult and paediatric)
- 22 operating theatres and nine interventional suites
- imaging services
- a birthing suite and inpatient maternity unit
- neonatal intensive care and a special care nursery
- clinical and non-clinical support services,
- Hospital Executive and Demand Management Unit
- Retail spaces
- Rooftop helipad, and
- increased car parking capacity.
The project also covers refurbishment works to the existing facility, which includes:
- Upgrading the main entrance with new canopy and improved drop-off zones
- Two adult inpatient units
- Hospital Admissions Unit and Administration space
- New 12 bed Nexus Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
- Retail Services
- Pharmacy services
- Support services
- Upgrades to roads across the precinct
- Landscaping and wayfinding
- Engineering and ICT services infrastructure
- Link bridge to connect the Acute Services Building to Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Key Dates
| Mar 2019 | Project Announcement |
| Oct 2022 | Contract Award |
| Oct 2022 | Construction Commencement |
| Dec 2026 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| NSW Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Health Infrastructure NSW |
| Successful Tenderer: | Multiplex |
| Related contracts: |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Aug 2019 | Health Infrastructure NSW released the Master Plan for the Precinct. The agency is coordinating a project team to progress the Master Plan. This team comprises BVN, TSA Management, Steensen Varming, Northrop, Warren Smith and Partners, and Altus Group. |
| Jun 2020 | The 2019-20 NSW Budget provided $3.5 million in FY2019-20 to commence early works on the project. |
| Oct 2020 | The NSW Government released the concept design for the project. |
| Nov 2020 | The 2020-21 New South Wales Budget allocated $16 million in the financial year for the development of the project. |
| Feb 2021 | The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARs) were reissued as a single development application. The single State Significant Development application will seek consent for the construction and operation of a new Acute Services Building and refurbishment of existing hospital facilities at John Hunter Hospital. |
| May 2021 | The NSW Government released detailed designs of the Acute Services Building. |
| Jun 2021 | The State Significant Development Application and Environmental Impact Statement were put on public exhibition until 28 June. |
| Jun 2021 | The 2021-22 NSW Budget allocated $34 million to the project for FY2021-22. The Budget also indicated a cost increase for the project, from $780 million to $835 million. |
| Nov 2021 | The Director under delegation from the NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces granted planning approval to the project, subject to recommended conditions. |
| Apr 2022 | Multiplex Constructions was awarded the enabling works contract. |
| Jun 2022 | Early works commenced on the project. |
| Oct 2022 | The NSW Government awarded the construction contract for the project to Multiplex. |
| Oct 2022 | Construction commenced on the project. |
| Nov 2022 | The NSW Government commenced a market sounding process for the development of a medi-hotel located in the Precinct. The proposed hotel would see a 200-bed hotel constructed with step-up/step down health services, clinical suites, pharmacy, pathology, childcare, commercial and retail space. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2019)
Sector
Social
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
New South Wales |
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