THE prominence of construction giants Leighton Holdings and Brookfield Multiplex in Western Australia has been highlighted by the state government’s announcement of the three shortlisted bidders to design and build the new $1.17 billion children’s hospita
THE prominence of construction giants Leighton Holdings and Brookfield Multiplex in Western Australia has been highlighted by the state government’s announcement of the three shortlisted bidders to design and build the new $1.17 billion children’s hospital.
Health Minister Kim Hames and Treasurer Christian Porter named a Leighton Contractors & Broad Construction Services joint venture, and Brookfield Multiplex Constructions and John Holland as the successful applicants.
“All three organisations are well known in the construction industry, they bring with them a strong design capability with suitable health and paediatric design experience,” Dr Hames said.
Leighton Contractors, Broad Construction Services and John Holland are subsidiaries of Leighton Holdings.
The 274-bed paediatric hospital, research and education facility will be located on the QEII Medical Centre site in Nedlands and will replace Princess Margaret Hospital.
It will be built using a two-stage managing contractor process, with construction expected to start in early 2012 and be completed in late 2015.
The companies shortlisted for the children’s hospital will now enter into the second stage in the procurement process by completing a ‘request for proposal’.
“The three selected contractors will be issued with an RFP and once the completed proposals have been reviewed, we will enter into contractual negotiations with the preferred candidate,” Mr Porter said.
It is expected that negotiations will be completed in time to enable the appointment of the managing contractor by the middle of this year.
Other projects planned for the QEII site include the new headquarters for the WA Institute for Medical Research, currently spread across two sites.
Subiaco-based engineering and construction contractor Doric won the contract to build the WAIMR facility, which will have a completed cost of more than $100 million.
The selection of John Holland and Brookfield on the short list for the children’s hospital reinforces their standing in the state’s construction sector, especially the medical area.
Brookfield is currently building the $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital.
In December, John Holland was appointed to construct the $170 million Albany Health Campus, and Pindan was appointed to the $55 million Kalgoorlie Health Campus project.
John Holland’s portfolio of hospital projects already includes the $330 million expansion of the Joondalup Health Campus and the earlier expansion of Ramsay’s Hollywood Private Hospital.
Last year, Leighton Contractors was appointed as project manager for the $97 million Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Canberra, and in 2006 Broad Construction Services completed the multi-million dollar redevelopment of Geraldton Hospital.
Midland’s proposed $360 million health campus will feature one of two short-listed consortia, led by Ramsay Healthcare partnered with John Holland and St John of God Healthcare partnered with Brookfield, which will take responsibility for the construction and operation of the hospital.
In WA, Ramsay runs the Hollywood and Joondalup hospitals among others, while St John of God has campuses at Subiaco and Murdoch.
In a separate tender, Brookfield, John Holland and ProBuild are competing to build two new multi-storey car parks at the QEII site at an estimated cost of $140 million. The successful contractor will be given a long-term contract to operate all of the parking on the QEII Medical Centre site.
