Project Description

The Blacktown Mt. Druitt Hospital Redevelopment is a major expansion of existing health services and facilities in Western Sydney.

The project included provision of a new 7-storey Clinical Services Building, 20 bed Sub-Acute Mental Health facility & multi-storey car park and refurbished Engineering Services, Mortuary, CSSD and Kitchen area to the Blacktown campus as well as new Urgent Care Centre, Aged Care & Rehabilitation, Dental, Main Entry and CSSD facilities to the Mt. Druitt campus.

SCG team members delivered security design and construction services including:

  • Security Design and Functional Briefs
  • Concept, Schematic and Detailed Designs
  • Tender Documentation
  • Construction Supervision Services

Key Challenges and Solutions included:

  • Project planning and procurement & construction staging to minimise disruption to hospital operations throughout construction
  • Design and delivery across multiple projects and multiple contractors across both facilities
  • Consolidation of multiple Security Management, Access Control and Intruder Alarm Systems into a single system common to both campuses and the wider Local Heath District (LHD)
  • Migration of all existing security systems and technologies, including CCTV, to utilise the LHD wide area network (WAN)