Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Client
Department of Human Services, Victoria
Value
$200Million
Architect
Main Project - Stephenson & Turner
Current Projects - Bates Smart
Project Manager
Burns Bridge Australia
Client Needs
Redevelopment at the East Melbourne site for Victorias major cancer institute. New buildings at approximately 30,000sqm include six radiotherapy bunkers, research and outpatient care plus subsequent additional research facilities, animal houses. Refurbishment of a further 20,000sqm of existing buildings for inpatient wards, support services and operating theatres. Infrastructure upgrades over the past 15 years. A human gene transfer facility was constructed including clean room suites and PC3 containment facilities.
Bassett Solution
- Application of detailed knowledge of high tech areas including radiotherapy, cytotoxic, operating theatres and imaging to provide best practice solutions
- Detailed cost planning and cost management to assure completion within budget
- High tech solutions in research, animal areas and the gene transfer facility to world standards
- Risk managed solutions for engineering infrastructure services.
Value for Client
- Masterplanning of the entire site
- Detailed knowledge of the site and its engineering infrastructure services
- Detailed knowledge of all the hospital departments involved and their specific services needs including radiotherapy, operating theatres, inpatient units
- Development of strong relationships with the client and other design consultants to form a very strong team to achieve success
- Innovative solutions to combined research/clinical facilities
- High tech human gene transfer facility to international clean room standards, with dynamic pressure control of the various suites to ensure sterility/infection control complying with Australian and international clean room and gene technology standards
- Research and animal house special design services
