[COM] New Royal Adelaide Hospital | $2.1b

[Nort]

Like Shuz said it hasn't been decided yet. Some of the buildings are heritage and so will be conserved, while others will almost certainly get demolished. The recent design competition had a few interesting proposals, but nothing that really grabbed the imagination (except for the mountain idea that will never be built)

[PeFe]

From Adelaide Now

New Royal Adelaide Hospital will help to build South Australia’s future




ADELAIDE is poised for a new export manufacturing industry — construction.

As the $1.85 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital rises above North Tce its builders say the hi-tech innovation going into the construction is putting Adelaide a decade ahead of the rest of the construction industry.

The project reached a new landmark this week with a record 1300 workers on site, working to have the planned 10-level hospital ready to open in 2016.

Consortium HYLC Joint Venture development director Chris Pratt said the project — the biggest building ever built in Australia — is revolutionising the construction industry and receiving interest from around the world during a period when Adelaide’s manufacturing sector has been rocked by the closure of Holden.

Pivotal to the innovation is the consortium’s Building Information Management (BIM) system integrating myriad computer systems and thousands of construction specifications.

This has moved designs on paper into a 3D computer system which contractors and staff can check via tablets or smartphones. The 3D system showing hundreds of thousands of building parts is updated in real time as construction progresses.

This in turn has vastly increased the ability for modules to be constructed off site — with pinpoint accuracy — then assembled on North Tce.

Mr Pratt said the BIM system, which he called “virtual construction”, has fundamentally changed the construction industry. “We now can design and build a building here in Adelaide for anywhere in the world,” he said.

“The construction business is about to go through a revolution — we are going to be manufacturers of buildings.”

Mr Pratt noted that while HYLC is building a physical hospital based on SA Health’s vision, the engineering innovation being developed can be used for any kind of infrastructure.

He likened it to the Air Warfare Destroyer project where modules are built off site then assembled at Techport.

“We have a couple of hundred signed up users who can access the 3D images rather than looking for paper drawings, and it is all updated in real time — this has not been seen in Australia before,” he said.

The 3D approach allows for prefabrication off-site, saving time and space at the construction site. The dozens of integrated models going into the master 3D model also reduces the potential for inaccuracies compared to contractors working off paper plans, according to HYLC.

The 3D designs requires each item to have a code, and means such items can easily be tracked for future reference or maintenance. The hundreds of thousands of coded items range from light fittings and furniture through to architectural fittings. It also incorporates operating manuals for each item, ending the need to hunt down booklets.

Mr Pratt said: “This can translate into other businesses, not just hospitals, for anywhere in the world, and we are doing it all right her in Adelaide. Dr Cris Birzer, Engineers Australia South Australia Division President, said the BIM has the potential to create huge cost savings not only during the construction phase of the projects, but across the entire life cycle.

“With the recent downturn in the engineering sector, major projects like the Royal Adelaide Hospital will have a significant effect on confidence across the industry,” he said.

“South Australia has about 1000 engineers directly employed in construction, when you add the 3000-plus engineers working in the consulting sector, projects like this will undoubtedly have a very positive effect on employment in the state,” he said.


WELCOME TO THE HIGH TECH RAH


FROM talking robots delivering meals to electronic tags keeping track of equipment and even patients, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is rapidly emerging as the hi-tech hospital of the future.

While the computer wizardry behind the infrastructure makes it one of the world’s most advanced building projects, the general public will benefit in ways ranging from subtle to in-your-face.

Health Minister Jack Snelling said patients and visitors would find the new RAH much more than just a new building.



“The new Royal Adelaide Hospital is about trying to give patients one of the best hospital experiences in the world,” Mr Snelling said.

“It will be a very different experience than what most people currently associate with a trip to hospital.

“We know that people would obviously prefer not to be in hospital, but if they are we need to look at ways to make them more comfortable at the time when they are at their most vulnerable.”

Advances being incorporated into Australia’s largest building include:

AUTOMATED guide vehicles (AGVs) will carry meals, linen, waste and medical equipment through hidden corridors. These robots can talk and will stop automatically if something is in their way, but people will still serve food to patients once the AGVs arrive at meal time;

ELECTRONIC tags will allow staff to quickly check the whereabouts of equipment, both to prevent theft and cut time searching for mobile equipment such as wheelchairs. Tags will also be put on at-risk patients such as those with mental conditions, with alerts automatically sent to security guards should such a patient leave a restricted area;

THE 800 single patient rooms, each with en suite, will be like motel rooms and include day beds for visitors, a desk, opening windows for fresh air with views of the river or parklands, and be big enough for minor procedures;

BEDSIDE electronic station will allow patients to control entertainment systems and order food; Food orders for individual patients will take into account things like allergies and if the patient has to fast.

MODULAR design of the inpatient rooms means areas of the hospital can be rebuilt into “villages” of various sizes depending on demand within a matter of hours;

SELF -SERVE electronic kiosks will also give directions and print out maps for visitors, freeing up staff;

SCHEDULED patients will be given advance directions to a carpark no more than 50m from a lift bay.

THERE will be no Emergency waiting room, with arrivals immediately triaged then escorted to the appropriate area to await treatment.

THE new RAH is engineered to be effectively earthquake proof, and can continue to operate for days if completely cut off from outside services such as water and power. New Zealand officials are examining its earthquake proof design;

IT is also designed to be one of the quietest hospitals in Australia, with special glazing and facade materials to silence noise such as from retrieval helicopters and passing trains;

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... 6828337517

[Uncle Monty]

Sorry no pics, however I noticed today whilst walking past that the first glass panels have been installed on the Western side of the Hospital.

[skyliner]

Pe Fe - what a fantastic piece of news - very visionary with huge implications!!! Impressed!

ADELAIDE - TOWARDS A GREATER CITY SKYLINE

[obituary resider]

what appear to be finished panels have been put up on the northern side as well. the colour scheme looks incredibly awkward, hopefully it looks better when its finished.

[Dannies]

Floor plans were released on the SA health site today.
http://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/c ... e+hospital

[Alyx]

[Vee]

Stunning photo, Alyx!

[Amused]

From Adelaide Now

THERE will be no Emergency waiting room, with arrivals immediately triaged then escorted to the appropriate area to await treatment.

I find this highly amusing. Just like it was less than a year between the declaration of 'No patients shall have to wait in the corridors,' whilst opening the latest RAH ED to when the corridors where numbered for patient allocation and IV hooks hung next to those corridor spaces, so I estimate, shall it be less than a year before seating is placed in various nooks and crannies in a make shift waiting room. The fact of the matter is that the Government has proven with the closure of the Modbury Paeds ward that they despise a public health service ever running at much less than 100% capacity because it is less cost effective to have staff and facilities prepared for ramp up but not being used. When a service runs at that capacity, it is little surprise that staff and facilities will not always be available every time someone dodges the GP and walks in the front door.
Having said that, I am digressing. The new hospital looks great but I think idealism like that I highlighted above should be left in fairy land to allow for actual, workable plans to be developed.

[Nort]

From Adelaide Now

THERE will be no Emergency waiting room, with arrivals immediately triaged then escorted to the appropriate area to await treatment.

I find this highly amusing. Just like it was less than a year between the declaration of 'No patients shall have to wait in the corridors,' whilst opening the latest RAH ED to when the corridors where numbered for patient allocation and IV hooks hung next to those corridor spaces, so I estimate, shall it be less than a year before seating is placed in various nooks and crannies in a make shift waiting room. The fact of the matter is that the Government has proven with the closure of the Modbury Paeds ward that they despise a public health service ever running at much less than 100% capacity because it is less cost effective to have staff and facilities prepared for ramp up but not being used. When a service runs at that capacity, it is little surprise that staff and facilities will not always be available every time someone dodges the GP and walks in the front door.
Having said that, I am digressing. The new hospital looks great but I think idealism like that I highlighted above should be left in fairy land to allow for actual, workable plans to be developed.

It reads to me more like they will have a few waiting rooms, they'll just be spread out depending on the patients problem.

[The Scooter Guy]

From Adelaide Now

New Royal Adelaide Hospital will help to build South Australia’s future




ADELAIDE is poised for a new export manufacturing industry — construction.

As the $1.85 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital rises above North Tce its builders say the hi-tech innovation going into the construction is putting Adelaide a decade ahead of the rest of the construction industry.

The project reached a new landmark this week with a record 1300 workers on site, working to have the planned 10-level hospital ready to open in 2016.

Consortium HYLC Joint Venture development director Chris Pratt said the project — the biggest building ever built in Australia — is revolutionising the construction industry and receiving interest from around the world during a period when Adelaide’s manufacturing sector has been rocked by the closure of Holden.

Pivotal to the innovation is the consortium’s Building Information Management (BIM) system integrating myriad computer systems and thousands of construction specifications.

This has moved designs on paper into a 3D computer system which contractors and staff can check via tablets or smartphones. The 3D system showing hundreds of thousands of building parts is updated in real time as construction progresses.

This in turn has vastly increased the ability for modules to be constructed off site — with pinpoint accuracy — then assembled on North Tce.

Mr Pratt said the BIM system, which he called “virtual construction”, has fundamentally changed the construction industry. “We now can design and build a building here in Adelaide for anywhere in the world,” he said.

“The construction business is about to go through a revolution — we are going to be manufacturers of buildings.”

Mr Pratt noted that while HYLC is building a physical hospital based on SA Health’s vision, the engineering innovation being developed can be used for any kind of infrastructure.

He likened it to the Air Warfare Destroyer project where modules are built off site then assembled at Techport.

“We have a couple of hundred signed up users who can access the 3D images rather than looking for paper drawings, and it is all updated in real time — this has not been seen in Australia before,” he said.

The 3D approach allows for prefabrication off-site, saving time and space at the construction site. The dozens of integrated models going into the master 3D model also reduces the potential for inaccuracies compared to contractors working off paper plans, according to HYLC.

The 3D designs requires each item to have a code, and means such items can easily be tracked for future reference or maintenance. The hundreds of thousands of coded items range from light fittings and furniture through to architectural fittings. It also incorporates operating manuals for each item, ending the need to hunt down booklets.

Mr Pratt said: “This can translate into other businesses, not just hospitals, for anywhere in the world, and we are doing it all right her in Adelaide. Dr Cris Birzer, Engineers Australia South Australia Division President, said the BIM has the potential to create huge cost savings not only during the construction phase of the projects, but across the entire life cycle.

“With the recent downturn in the engineering sector, major projects like the Royal Adelaide Hospital will have a significant effect on confidence across the industry,” he said.

“South Australia has about 1000 engineers directly employed in construction, when you add the 3000-plus engineers working in the consulting sector, projects like this will undoubtedly have a very positive effect on employment in the state,” he said.


WELCOME TO THE HIGH TECH RAH


FROM talking robots delivering meals to electronic tags keeping track of equipment and even patients, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is rapidly emerging as the hi-tech hospital of the future.

While the computer wizardry behind the infrastructure makes it one of the world’s most advanced building projects, the general public will benefit in ways ranging from subtle to in-your-face.

Health Minister Jack Snelling said patients and visitors would find the new RAH much more than just a new building.



“The new Royal Adelaide Hospital is about trying to give patients one of the best hospital experiences in the world,” Mr Snelling said.

“It will be a very different experience than what most people currently associate with a trip to hospital.

“We know that people would obviously prefer not to be in hospital, but if they are we need to look at ways to make them more comfortable at the time when they are at their most vulnerable.”

Advances being incorporated into Australia’s largest building include:

AUTOMATED guide vehicles (AGVs) will carry meals, linen, waste and medical equipment through hidden corridors. These robots can talk and will stop automatically if something is in their way, but people will still serve food to patients once the AGVs arrive at meal time;

ELECTRONIC tags will allow staff to quickly check the whereabouts of equipment, both to prevent theft and cut time searching for mobile equipment such as wheelchairs. Tags will also be put on at-risk patients such as those with mental conditions, with alerts automatically sent to security guards should such a patient leave a restricted area;

THE 800 single patient rooms, each with en suite, will be like motel rooms and include day beds for visitors, a desk, opening windows for fresh air with views of the river or parklands, and be big enough for minor procedures;

BEDSIDE electronic station will allow patients to control entertainment systems and order food; Food orders for individual patients will take into account things like allergies and if the patient has to fast.

MODULAR design of the inpatient rooms means areas of the hospital can be rebuilt into “villages” of various sizes depending on demand within a matter of hours;

SELF -SERVE electronic kiosks will also give directions and print out maps for visitors, freeing up staff;

SCHEDULED patients will be given advance directions to a carpark no more than 50m from a lift bay.

THERE will be no Emergency waiting room, with arrivals immediately triaged then escorted to the appropriate area to await treatment.

THE new RAH is engineered to be effectively earthquake proof, and can continue to operate for days if completely cut off from outside services such as water and power. New Zealand officials are examining its earthquake proof design;

IT is also designed to be one of the quietest hospitals in Australia, with special glazing and facade materials to silence noise such as from retrieval helicopters and passing trains;

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sout ... 6828337517

W-O-W! That's going to look awesome when finished!
Everything costs more than the average doubloon of riches!

[Amused]

It reads to me more like they will have a few waiting rooms, they'll just be spread out depending on the patients problem.

That's how it reads to me as well so it is misleading to suggest that no waiting room will be present. It is a bit like the 4 hour rule which when introduced caused the creation of AMUs and various other units with similar abbreviations all through metropolitan hospitals which are simply new terms for the old emergency extended care unit. Literally the same thing with different name and 10 metres to the left which allows for official dodging of the clock. I dare say once this new ED will go live, the dashboard will officially show no wait despite the fact that the same old wait will still apply, potentially inducing further demand. It's just sad that we spend so much energy devising methods of dodging bureaucracy rather than calling a spade a spade and simply refusing to abide by poor policy. Doctors and nurses who want to institute change need to do lengthy studies and clinical audits to prove an evidence based improvement in outcome. Administrators wanting to institute change can do so in the absence of any evidence whatsoever.
Once again, I am derailing, and thus I apologise.

[pushbutton]

From Adelaide Now

New Royal Adelaide Hospital will help to build South Australia’s future




ADELAIDE is poised for a new export manufacturing industry — construction.

As the $1.85 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital rises above North Tce its builders say the hi-tech innovation going into the construction is putting Adelaide a decade ahead of the rest of the construction industry.

The project reached a new landmark this week with a record 1300 workers on site, working to have the planned 10-level hospital ready to open in 2016.

Consortium HYLC Joint Venture development director Chris Pratt said the project — the biggest building ever built in Australia — is revolutionising the construction industry and receiving interest from around the world during a period when Adelaide’s manufacturing sector has been rocked by the closure of Holden.

Pivotal to the innovation is the consortium’s Building Information Management (BIM) system integrating myriad computer systems and thousands of construction specifications.

This is absolutely brilliant, world first stuff by the sound of it. I hope they have patented the technology and software so that Adelaide can really capitalise on it.

They'll also need to make sure, and hopefully they have already, that they optimise the use of 3d printing as a part of this. Yes, 3d building printers are very fast becoming a reality!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfbhdZKPHro

With all that in place, and the right team developing, managing, and marketing it to developers around the world, well who'll miss Holden!

[ghs]

Sounds like work on this is a fair way behind schedule. Another example of a large project
blowing out.

I think early to mid 2017 is a realistic finish time.

[[Shuz]]

Don't forget there's an election in March 2018...