Multiplex wins $165m hospital contract
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Multiplex has won a $165 million contract to deliver the second stage of the St John of God Subiaco Hospital major expansion project to modernise and upgrade the private campus.
The contractor won the work for the second stage of the project, under the $311 million staged redevelopment of the 125-year-old hospital approved by the WA Planning Commission in May last year.
Under the contract, Multiplex will refurbish and upgrade the main hospital entrance and lobby, including a new reception area and digital signage.
The scope of work also includes replacing patient lifts across the private hospital, upgrading the existing multi-storey car park, and delivering a new site energy plant to reduce energy consumption.
Headlining the redevelopment plan is a new eight-storey clinical building to feature a mother and baby centre, a heart centre, six new operating theatres and a new emergency department.
Those upgrades fall under the third stage of the redevelopment, on which St John of God is expected to make a decision later this year.
Other upgrades include an 11-storey facility for medical suites, research and education buildings, in all adding 260 beds to the more than 500-bed hospital.
It comes after upgrades to several departments including the kitchen, new service lifts and a six-bed negative pressure isolation work were delivered under stage one last month.
Multiplex will start work on the second stage in the coming weeks until mid-2026.
St John of God Subiaco Hospital chief executive Tina Chinery said the works would improve the patient and visitor experience.
She said it would also revitalise and replace older infrastructure and prepare the campus for new clinical facilities.
“The works will result in a new look for St John of God Subiaco Hospital with refreshed and upgraded facilities, allowing us to continue offering premium medical and surgical care,” Ms Chinery said.
“This includes modernising the main entrance and lobby, replacing patient lifts across the campus, improving visitor parking, and upgrading older infrastructure to ensure continuity of service.
“The works will position us as the hospital of choice for our leading specialists, our patients and will enable future growth.”