Read the article published in the Sydney Morning Herald here.

Health Project International are proud to have been involved in the design of National Rugby League (NRL) club the Manly Sea Eagles $20 million centre of excellence. The building design inspired by the shape of a Sea Eagle represents a major update to the club’s existing facilities and is part of a bold plan to transform it’s Narrabeen home on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.

The plans including HPI’s architectural designs were submitted by the Manly Sea Eagles late March 2017 in the hope of securing $10 million of the $40 million of state government grants available for sporting infrastructure projects. The Sea Eagles are hopeful of securing the funding and moving into the new premises for the start of the 2019 season. The project has been the major focus of senior executives including Manly CEO Tim Cleary since beginning his tenure at the start of the year.

The centre of excellence will be a one-stop shop for the players, with an indoor training hall leading directly onto the established sporting ovals to avoid them being bused to multiple locations. Much of the two-storey, 4250 square metre facility will be available for public use. There will be medical, educational and childcare components under the plans designed by architect Health Projects International and project manager Artazan Property Group.

For more information on how HPI can assist you with your Health facility project contact us today.

HPI designed from concept to opening the first WiseMedical Clinic in Macquarie Park, which opened its doors to the public early this month. Wise Medical Clinic is an urgent care walk-in surgery that aims to provide comprehensive acute care for patients, from initial assessment and treatment, without a hospital admission. This clinic will fill the gap between overcrowded emergency departments and general GP centres. The Clinic provides a broad range of services, including dental, imaging (X-ray and CT), pathology, gynaecology, and acute care specialist clinics for paediatrics, fractures and more. For more information on WiseMedical visit http://www.wisemedical.com.au

HPI had a significant achievement in 2016 with nine staff members reaching the 10 to 20 year milestone.

We would like to thank them for their ongoing commitment and vast contributions to the company. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!

Last month, all the HPI architectural staff were taken on a site tour of Calvary Bruce Private Hospital in Canberra to see the construction works in progress. They received first hand instruction on construction methods and details. Of particular interest were the modular ensuites constructed off-site, delivered and installed fully fitted out.

Calvary Bruce Private Hospital will open as a 94-bed facility with capacity to expand in the future to 200-beds to accommodate population growth projections in the northern Canberra region. Construction works are proceeding well ahead of the scheduled completion of the hospital in July 2017.

TAHPI has been announced as the Australian Exporter of the Year 2016 – GLOBAL in the India Australia Business & Community Awards 2016. The awards were announced at the gala awards ceremony on Friday 28 October 2016. Nearly 500 guests made history at the third annual IABCA gala event.

Fourteen award category winners were announced on the night with the judging process being conducted over a twelve-week period by a national panel of industry leaders. Guests of honour included, Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP, NSW Treasurer representing the Premier of NSW, B. Vanlalvawna, Consul General of India in Sydney representing the High Commissioner of India in Australia, Hon. Luke Foley MP, Leader of the Opposition, Hon Daniel Mookhey MP and Tracey Spicer. TAHPI would like to thank Indy Halder & Sonia Ghandi for all their help with the nomination and the awards night.

Norwest Private Hospital is currently undergoing a 7200m2 expansion adding 5 operating theatres to the existing 13, 55 beds to the existing 216 single bed ward rooms and 7 beds to the existing 12 Intensive Care beds. The expansion has taken place in the form of a new wing consisting of 3 levels with the capacity to expand vertically by one additional floor in the future. The expansion has also required the existing recovery and hospital support areas to be expanded.

The tender was awarded in December 2015 with completion due in February 2017. Construction is proceeding at pace with topping out of the new wing on 14th March 2016.

FINAL TOUCHES BY DEBORAH FOGGARTY GENERAL MANAGER OF NORWEST PRIVATE HOSPITAL

NORWEST PRIVATE HOSPITAL PROJECT AND BUILDCORP TEAMS

THE NEW WING EXPANSION VIEWED FROM NORBRIK DRIVE

The Shot 16 Healthtechon International Conference on SMART HOSPITALS OF TOMORROW held in India on 3^rd  and 4^th of March 2016 showcased emerging and unique healthcare technology innovations. This year’s event was attended by eminent leaders, international speakers, hospital owners, investors, doctors, architects, designers and hundreds of healthcare delegates.

Awards were presented at the Healthtechon Awards ceremony and TAHPI was nominated in three categories in competition with 15 other companies.

TAHPI won two awards for ground breaking initiatives in delivering web based Health Facility Guidelines to India and innovations in designing Healthcare Facilities:

1^st prize for the Most Innovative Idea

1^st prize for the Most Innovative Technology Award.

TAHPI is very proud and honoured to accept such highly regarded awards.

Video of the awards ceremony & one of the awards presented to TAHPI:

We are pleased to announce that the Wollongong Private Hospital construction is on track to be completed at the end of this year. The hospital is a 150 bed facility operated by Ramsay Health Care. The site was a constraining factor in the design of the building in particular the hot floor. HPI had the privilege of working closely with the hospital to achieve a tight and efficient hot floor layout of the Operating Theatres and the Intensive Care Unit with no compromise on the work flow.
The facility is scheduled to open its doors in January of 2016.

Announced Thursday, 1 October HPI has once again succeeded in being nominated as a finalist for the NSW Premier’s NSW Export Awards, in the category of Health and Biotechnology.

Lisa McAuley, Chief Executive Officer for the Export Council of Australia said “The judges have been particularly pleased by the quality of the entries this year, because despite this being a particularly difficult year in terms of the domestic and global economic conditions, many applicants demonstrated a real talent for innovation – cleverly evolving their products to meet market needs. We congratulate Health Projects International on being named a 2015 Premier’s NSW Export Awards finalist.”

The awards ceremony will be held on 28 October at the Star, at Pyrmont in Sydney, with both the Hon. Mike Baird MP, Premier of NSW, Minister for Western Sydney and The Hon. Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events, Minister for Sport as guests of honour.

St George Hospital’s new Emergency Department was declared open by NSW Minister for Health, The Hon. Jillian Skinner, on 16 October 2014. Almost as soon as it had ‘gone live’ (commenced full operation) many were declaring it an ‘exemplar’ for Emergency Departments in NSW.

The $41 Million development took 36 months from concept to completion, and yet from the outset, siting the new facility on an existing crowded site presented significant planning and logistics challenges.

Freeing up the 3,500m2 site required demolition of existing maintenance, engineering and pharmacy services in order to accommodate 88 beds for a variety of acute emergency services and ancillary functionality. As a precursor to the construction of the new Emergency Department, a new maintenance and engineering facility had to be built, located near the northern boundary of the site.

The final design provides 8 ambulance parking bays, a 12-bed paediatric precinct, a 14-bed adult fast track with associated consulting rooms, a 5-bay triage area, 5 resuscitation beds, 32 general acute treatment beds, a 12-bed short stay unit and a mental health assessment and psychiatric emergency care unit. Creating effective and efficient relationships among the broad variety of services on this constrained site was a significant achievement in resolving design challenges. Not simply content with meeting the service demand, the structure, services and planning also allow future expansion – a further 7 levels of acute inpatient services above the new emergency department itself.
Project architect Andreas Dimakopoulos said ‘both ED Doctors and management have expressed their satisfaction with the design and the implementation process’.

Close collaboration with clinicians provided meaningful opportunities to develop and refine spatial planning and design, resulting in a facility that supports new effective and efficient models of emergency care and improves the flow of patients through the department.
The Minister for Health noted that improved performance in this Emergency Department will become evident as the design enables a smooth flow of patients through the department to discharge home or into the inpatient wards.

HPI is proud to have been instrumental in his fantastic outcome and to lay the foundation for meaningful opportunities for future developments.