Health
Azure Blue Integrated Living Project
October 2013 ($60M)
Queensland – Australia
This new retirement, community and residential aged care project is located on a 4 hectare Greenfield site at Carina in Brisbane.
Azure Blue Carina will comprise both a care precinct and a luxury retirement living precinct where residents’ amenities include a swimming pool, café, library, function room and media room.
Residents will have access to a range of hotel services including meals, laundry and cleaning as well as the option of in-home care, provided by Blue Care’s Community Care services.
The site also offers the benefit of a co-located residential aged care facility for 128 residents.
The project consists of a 128 bed High Care aged care facility in two, three storey connected structures, plus administration, community facilities, a commercial kitchen, commercial laundry, loading dock and basement car parking.
It also includes 98 Independent Living Units (ILUs) comprising 22 apartments over four storeys including recreation facilities, café and pool, and basement car parking; 70 Units in three and four storey connected buildings including basement car parking; and six single storey villas (duplexes).
Royal Melbourne Hospital Allied Health Project
September 2012 (20.0M)
Vic Australia
A highly complex project with a strong focus on existing building services, consituting enabling Works in the operational Royal Melbourne Hospital
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Transit Ward Reconfiguration
May 2012 ($1.07M)
Nedlands, WA – Australia
Esslemont Cockram is delivering the construction of a reconfigured Transit Ward at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. The works involves a refurbishment to the Chapel, Chaplains Office, Lounge, Trolley Bays and other facilities in the Transit Ward.
The work is being carried out in the middle of an operational area of the hospital requiring careful coordination between many parties including the hospital staff, construction workers and the general public. The project is critical in nature in that full hospital operations must continue uninterrupted whilst the works take place.
Kingston Hospital Geriatric Evaluation and Age
February 2012 ($33.0M)
Vic Australia
The construction of a new sub-acute aged care facility within the existing Kingston Medical Centre including car parking, flood mitigation works and associated services infrastructure upgrades.
Hunter Medical Research Institute
Apr 2012 ($70.0M)
Newcastle, NSW – Australia
Located within the Rankin Park campus adjacent to the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, the 16,000 m² building consists of two five-storey wings (east & west) of solid elements linked together by a two-storey elevated glass entry pod. The partnership development between Hunter Medical Research Institute, Hunter New England Health and The University of Newcastle represents a significant capital investment at the John Hunter Hospital Precinct and shall provide for 450 leading researchers under the one roof. The project consists of the following key features: PC2 laboratories, specific pathogen free zones, clinical trial support unit, animal holding areas (bio resource facility), outdoor semi enclosed recreation and barbeque area for the staff, workstations and generic open plan laboratories, lecture theatre and associated support staff offices and amenities. Construction of a three tiered open deck car-park for 250 vehicles is also part of the construction works to be undertaken.
Clinical School, Education & Research Centre
January 2011 ($16.0M)
NSW – Australia
Located within the Blacktown Hospital precinct, Cockram Construction delivered the Blacktown Clinical School, Education and Research Centre Project whilst the adjoining Blacktown Hospital remained fully operational. The project, constructed for The University of Western Sydney and Sydney West Area Health Service, has a new three-storey building including clinical trial areas, wet labs, dry labs, lecture theatres, student overnight accommodation, library and other associated staff amenities. The complete fitout of laboratories and administration areas including offices and workstations is also included in the project works. The building, designed by McConnell Smith Johnson, has a complex and impressive facade which is a combination of glass, decorative timber, stone and tile works. This is the second project Cockram has undertaken with the University of Western Sydney.
Sunshine Hospital TTR and Radiotherapy
September 2011 ($63.0M)
VIC – Australia
The construction of the new Teaching, Training and Research (TTR) Facility, Radiotherapy building and redevelopment of the area known as ‘Mount Sunshine’.
The TTR Facility includes a new main lobby, reception and function area, a clinical school, a library, office accommodation, wet labs and clinical trials labs, a 200 seat auditorium, lecture theatre, tutorial rooms, student lounge, a short term animal storage and a metabolic gym, and the Radiotherapy Building is a 2700m2 single level building fully fitted out which has been structurally designed for a further three levels to be added in future developments. It consists of treatment rooms (CT & Ortho Voltage rooms and Linear Accelerator bunkers), day beds, administration offices, planning areas, main foyer and all associated staff and patient support areas.
The projects were constructed whilst sections of the existing hospital remained operational.
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Wesley Hospital Front Entrance
April 2011 ($1.1M)
Queensland – Australia
The Wesley is a prestigious private hospital offering leading health care services to its patients. Owned by Uniting Care Health, this project involved a full remodel of the main front entrance of the hospital.
Works included demolition and reconstruction of the reception area and outpatients areas, the gift shop and associated offices.
Extreme care is needed in projects like this, given that staff and patients continued to access the hospital via this front entrance while the project was under construction. Construction works also needed to be sensitive to the needs of patients in terms of operating hours and noise, and sensitive to any services interruptions that may be required. Vibrations for nearby surgery areas, maintaining constant access for ambulance ingress and egress, and maintaining the ‘good public relations’ values of the hospital with patients, staff and the community were all paramount in Cockram Construction’s approach to this project.
Melbourne Brain Centre – Austin Hospital
November 2010 ($23.5M)
VIC – Australia
Cockram Construction was engaged by Florey Neuroscience Institutes to carry out works associated with the construction of the Melbourne Brain Centre, Heidelberg. The Melbourne Brain Centre consists of a three level office and research facility for the Florey Neuroscience Institute (FNI). The new facility is to conduct both basic and clinical research into addiction, Alzheimer’s disease, depression, epilepsy, Huntington’s disease, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury.
Awards – 2011 MBAV SPECIAL COMMENDATION
EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS $20-30M
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication
December 2010 ($22.0M)
Vic Australia
The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) is the main facility of the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication facility. The project links seven university based nodes to provide researchers and industry access to state of the art fabrication facilities. MCN is based at Monash University Science Research Park in Clayton. The building covers 3,800m2 and is made up of three main functional pavilions. The research pavilion is one level plus a dedicated mezzanine plant room with trafficable ceiling. The pavilion contains Class 10,000 clean rooms, Class 100 clean rooms, PC2 laboratory, general labs and associated offices and amenities. Following completion of the initial project, Cockram was awarded the Class 100 clean room fitout and we worked closely with the client to ensure minimal disruption to the operation of the newly completed facility.
The Class 100 area is of the highest standard of clean room construction.
Awards – 2011 MBAV AWARD WINNER
EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
King Hamad General Hospital
July 2009 US $250M
Muharraq – Kingdom of Bahrain
A 312 bed secondary general and teaching hospital, this project consists of the construction and commissioning of the new four storey hospital located in Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain. The hospital is being built on partly reclaimed land with an overall site area of 227,000m2.
The hospital comprises three blocks over four levels, with level one (the Podium basement) concealed by Earth Berms. The three trapezium shaped buildings are generally of concrete ground slab and footings, concrete suspended slab, beams and columns, steel framed walls with aluminium cladding, suspended concrete slab roof with waterproof membrane, aluminium framed windows and louvers, stud wall framing and suspended ceilings.
Asbestos Disease Research Institute (Bernie Banton Centre)
September 2008 ($8.6M)
NSW – Australia
This state of the art facility is located adjacent to the ANZAC Research Institute at Concord Hospital and is the world’s first stand-alone research facility dedicated to asbestos-related disease. The building for the Asbestos Disease Research Foundation, comprises of a 2,700 sqm 2 storey research facility with six wet laboratories, two dry laboratories, shared core laboratories, education and meeting rooms. The project also includes the complete fitout of laboratories and administration areas including offices and workstations and the exterior has an impressive multi-finish facade with up lights.
St Vincent’s Surgical Education Centre
April 2007 $22.0M
VIC – Australia
Refurbishment of level 3 of the Healy Building to create a Surgical Education Centre. The facility also includes state of the art training laboratories and support and administration areas. This project led to three other projects in the hospital, carried out while normal operations continued, totalling approx $10M.
Awards-2007 MBAV Special Commendation
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS $2M – $5M
The Northern Hospital Stage 2a
April 2007 $22.0M
VIC – Australia
Construction of 2 new 32 Bed fully serviced Nursing Units, a new Wound Clinic, as well as alterations and additions to the Emergency Triage and Administration Departments, Dining Rooms, Ambulatory Care, Paediatrics, Mortuary and Pathology Departments. The construction included piling through existing poor soil conditions for the building foundations.
A special feature of this project was that all new and interfacing Works were required to be constructed to suit the full operation of the hospital to ensure no bypass was achieved
Box Hill Hospital Spring Street Building
August 2008 $31.5M
VIC – Australia
Two basement levels and five above-ground levels of car park, four levels of offices, dialysis clinics, consulting suites and laboratories constructed specifically with the ability to test blood, breath and food.
Building F, Brain and Mind Research Institute
July 2007 ($4.7M)
NSW – Australia
Building F is an extension of the Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI) in Building G at The University of Sydney which was refurbished and fitted out by Hooker Cockram in 2006. The works at Building F involved high quality laboratory research and clinical consultation fitout works to levels 1, 4 and 5. The project also involved some base building systems upgrades including rooftop and adjacent car park plant works.
Grace McKellar Hospital
March 2007 $52.4M
VIC – Australia
Stage 1: A new fifty bed Rehabilitation unit, forty bed Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) unit, ten bed Palliative Care unit, therapy pool and building engineering services.
Stage 2: Redevelopment works of the McKellar Centre Aged Care Facility including 200 Bed Nursing Homes, CRC/HUB upgrade and Food Services Kitchen using the cook chill process providing meals for all Barwon Health facilities in the region.
Buildings G & H, Brain and Mind Research Institute
July 2006 ($8.3M)
NSW – Australia
The project works for The University of Sydney initially involved the refurbishment and fit out of Levels 2 and 3 of Building G, the refurbishment and fit out of Building H (approximately 1900m2), the installation of additional building services in the attic of Building H and roof top services plant to the main building. After commencing the works, Cockram were approached to refurbish and fit out an additional 1200m2 on Levels 4 and 5 into high-grade laboratories and associated administrative facilities. The works were to be delivered concurrently with original works which effectively doubled the scope.
Monash Health Research Precinct
August 2005 $14.8M
VIC – Australia
Construction comprising 4 floors plus plant room and a Level 3 Link floor to the existing Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development, for research and development facilities for advanced research, testing and education including fully serviced PC2 laboratory areas.
Latrobe Valley Cancer Care
August 2006 $12.0M
VIC – Australia
A single storey building constructed to house a linear accelerator for radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The structure is a combination of concrete and structural steel, clad in alucabond with cement sheeting with aluminium windows.
Two bunkers were constructed to house the linear accelerator, designed beyond normal Australian Standard building codes, to provide a safe environment for using radioactive equipment. This includes 1.8m thick floor, and 1.6m thick walls and ceiling.
The entire structure has been designed and constructed to allow for a first floor extension to be built above should it be required in the future.
Victorian Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory
April 1998 $4.4M
VIC – Australia
A 3,000m2, 4-level fitout including basement car park and plant areas, entry foyer and laboratory areas, administration, lift and replacement of the roof.
Laboratory benches were constructed using the “flexlab” system and existing bio hazard cabinets and fume cupboards were relocated from the existing premises at Fairfield. The Level 4 area included two PC3 and one PC4 laboratory. All waste from the PC4 laboratory was designed for treatment by a special trade waste system located in the Level 1 area which included processing with chemicals and 130° temperature steam prior to entering the sewerage system.
The project received special interest from N.A.D.A. and C.S.I.R.O. due to the uniqueness of the PC3 and PC4 laboratories and trade waste systems.
Portland and District Hospital
December 1992 $18.5M
VIC – Australia
Cockram added two new two-storey wings to the existing ward block, doubling the size of the theatre complex, and significant refurbishment to the existing building. At all times the Hospital was kept fully operational and Cockram coordinated works to minimise disruptions.
We provided significant input into the design documentation process, which was fast tracked. The project suffered a significant delay due to a tendering embargo placed on all Government projects at that time. Significant reprogramming was required as a result. We accommodated an additional $2.0M in scope within the MP2 programme.
