Bunbury Regional Hospital redevelopment reaching new heights

The $471.5 million Bunbury Regional Hospital redevelopment has reached an important construction milestone with ground works underway on a new seven-storey clinical tower and helideck.

The project is Western Australia's biggest ever regional hospital redevelopment, and once complete, will be a modern community healthcare hub for the South West region.

After undertaking enabling site works, managing contractor Multiplex Perkins Unincorporated Joint Venture is forging ahead with stage one of construction.

This includes work on a new clinical tower and helideck, refurbishment of existing facilities for a dedicated new mental health observation unit, an expanded acute psychiatric unit and refurbishment of the central energy plant.The commencement of piling works involves the installation of structural columns that will form the foundations of the clinical tower, which will be topped by a helipad landing site to provide direct access to operating theatres.

Once complete, the Bunbury redevelopment will deliver an expanded emergency department, more operating theatres, a new central sterilisation department, new and expanded maternity, birthing and neonatal services and increased in-patient wards.

It will also include new emergency access mental health facilities, new clinical equipment, refurbished and expanded support facilities, and boosted digital capabilities.

The redevelopment will also be home to WA's first regional healthcare training, education and research centre.