Capital Works
Auburn Hospital Redevelopment
New Auburn Hospital opens 15 April 2009
The new Auburn Hospital is now open on Hargrave Road, Auburn. Click here for more information about:
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About the redevelopment project
The $145 million Auburn Hospital redevelopment project was announced in 2006 with the aim of replacing the 1964 hospital building with a new purpose-built hospital facility for best practice health care.
The new five-storey hospital building was been designed to meet changing trends in healthcare with welcoming, patient-friendly environments and purpose-built treatment areas for new ambulatory and multi-disciplinary models of care.
Construction commenced in March 2007 and the new hospital was officially opened on 20 May 2009 by the NSW Minister for Health, John Della Bosca.
The new 184-bed capacity hospital was designed to provide:
- 24-hour emergency care
- Medical services
- General surgery with a focus on planned day surgery for adults
- Maternity services including health care before, during and after the birth of your baby
- Allied Health services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy
- Outpatients services including cardiac rehabilitation, ante-natal, general surgical and diabetes clinics
- A new short-stay ward for children
- Breast Cancer Institute (BCI) Sunflower Clinic for FREE breast screening for all eligible women over 40.
The redevelopment included a cultural and arts program to enhance the design of the new facilities and provide an opportunity for the wider community to be partners in the redevelopment of Auburn Health Services. A range of artistic and cultural works were developed, including murals for the birthing rooms and a stunning five-storey glass window depicting the creation of the universe, by Aboriginal artist Bronwyn Bancroft.
The new hospital also featured a ‘clean and green’ design which included water recycling and innovations to reduce energy consumption. For instance, rainwater collected from roof areas is used for toilet-flushing and watering garden areas.
Courtyards maximise the use of natural light and improve the quality of indoor environments and high-efficiency lighting is used where electric lighting is required.
External shading reduces “solar heat gain and minimises the need for air conditioning.
Work is now progressing on the next stage of the redevelopment with concept planning for new community health facilities already underway.
Project snapshot:
Client: Health Infrastructure
Area Health Service: Sydney West Area Health Service
Project Directors: Capital Insight
Design: Silver Thomas Hanley Architects & Hassell Architects
Construction: Brookfield Multiplex
Construction start: March 2007
Construction completed: February 2009
Services transferred: 15 April 2009
Officially opened: Wednesday 20 May 2009
