The Prince Charles Hospital Expansion will add an additional 93 beds to the existing facility, with a four-storey expansion on the existing building.
The scope of works includes delivering:
- satellite medical imaging
- pharmacy and pathology services
- a new emergency department
- two additional operating theatres
- a new paediatric outpatient service, and
- a Satellite Central Sterilisation Service Department.
The project is part of Queensland's Capacity Expansion Program.
Key Dates
| Jun 2022 | Project Announcement |
| Oct 2022 | EOIs Open |
| Nov 2022 | EOIs Close |
| Jun 2023 | Contract Award |
| 2029 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Queensland Government | |
| Queensland Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Queensland Health |
| Successful Tenderer: | Hutchinson Builders |
| Procurement note: | The project is being procured as a part of the Queensland Government's Capacity Expansion Program (CEP). The CEP will deliver $9.8 billion worth of new and upgraded hospitals across 15 separate projects. CEP projects are being procured using a Pre-Qualified Panel model. Under the model, interested parties submit EOIs outlinining the list of projects or ‘bundles of projects’ they wish to participate in. Contractors successfully appointed to the panel will then be selected to participate in a Request for Tenders phase for particular projects, or packages of projects. The Project will be delivered under a two-stage Managing Contractor model, with Stage One including design works and Stage Two including a separate main works delivery contract. |
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PROJECT HISTORY
| Jun 2022 | The project was confirmed as having been funded through the Capacity Expansion Program. |
| Oct 2022 | Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to join a prequalified panel to deliver Capacity Expansion Program projects was released. |
| Jun 2023 | Hutchinson Builders were appointed as Managing Contractor for the project. |
| Jun 2023 | The Queensland Government announced an increased estimated total project cost from $300 million to $360 million. An additional $60 million was allocated to the project from the Capacity Expansion Program's contingency fund to deliver two additional operating theatres, a new paediatric outpatient service and a Satellite Central Sterilisation Service Department. |
| Oct 2023 | Turner & Townsend was awarded the Project Management contract for the project. |
| Apr 2025 | The Queensland Government released its Hospital Rescue Plan and response to the 42 recommendations made by the Independent Review of Queensland Health’s Capacity Expansion Program. The Review recommended pausing early site works and engaging with the Stage One contractor - Hutchinson Builders - to review the project. In response, the Government accepted the recommendation and committed to further design review and potential rescoping as outlined in the Rescue Plan. The Review also confirmed the project's total estimated cost has increased from $360 million to $788 million, and the project's expected completion date has been delayed from Q2 2027 to Q2 2029. |
