HPI News July 2009 North Shore Private Hospital – Stage 3 HPI is currently undertaking briefing, planning, design and documentation for expansion of Ramsay Health’s flagship Hospital in St. Leonards, NSW. The project includes an additional 59 licensed beds, 5 new operating theatres, a new 29 bed maternity ward, a new 30-bed Medical Surgical Ward plus expansion of the Operating Suite including First Stage Recovery and a Day Surgery Units. The extension also includes 681m2 net lettable area of Medical Suites, a new Ground Level Departure Lounge, Visitor Waiting and Departure Foyer, and increases the below grade basement parking facilities, adding a further 61 staff parking spaces. July 2009 HFBS - 3D The development of three-dimensional images for HPI’s private hospital room standards will provide Health Facility Briefing System (HFBS) users with a means of easily visualising room standards, previously represented only two-dimensionally in the HFBS. July 2009 Norwest Private Hospital HPI is please to announce that construction of the Norwest Private Hospital at Bella Vista, NSW, will be completed early July 2009, with the Healthscope Hospital facility being operational by early September 2009. All parties to the development have expressed satisfaction both with the processes as well as the outcome. This was the result of a development team which has worked co-operatively and constructively to achieve the best possible outcome for all. July 2009 Prince of Wales Hospital Hyperbaric Unit HPI has just completed the briefing stages and preparation of tender documents for the upgrade of Prince of Wales Hospital’s Hyperbaric Unit, in Randwick, NSW. The new works will accommodate the new four-chamber multiplace hyperbaric chamber being manufactured concurrently in Queensland by Fink Engineering. Fink Engineering has recently completed similar hyperbaric chambers in the USA, notably at the Mayo Clinic. June 2009 Campbelltown Private Hospital Stage 2 Following on from a successful Stage 1 Campbelltown Private Hospital four-storey greenfield project, Healthscope elected to fit out level 2 of the building with new Rehabilitation and Mental Health accommodation, and partially refit Level 3 to accommodate two additional operating theatres. Practical completion of these new works, designed and documented by HPI, was completed in May. June 2009 Health Design Website The new Health Design Website was launched June 2009 following the third HFBS forum. The website provides information about HFBS facilities, modules, reports and much more; it also facilitates membership for new users based on HFBS domains. The new Health Design Website is accessible at: http://www.healthdesign.com.au June 2009 Dalcross Aged Care This proposed redevelopment of the existing Dalcross Hospital facility in Killara, NSW will provide 79 Aged Care beds reflecting the changing demographic in the municipality of Ku-ring-gai. The older eastern portion of the existing hospital will be demolished, and the newer western portion retained. HPI has developed a proposal in keeping with the scale and character of the suburb of Killara, a factor in the achievement of development consent, which was granted by Ku-ring-gai Council in early 2009. The development is due to be completed towards the end of 2010. June 2009 Gold Coast University Private Hospital HPI is pleased to announce that the private hospital component of this significant public and private hospital collocation initiative by Queensland Health has been awarded to HPI as a member of the bid team consisting of Aspen Developments Pty Ltd and Dalcross Holdings Pty Ltd. This private hospital development for Dalcross Holdings will be located adjacent to the public hospital currently under construction, and will be developed in two phases with the first phase providing 200 beds, and the second phase providing an additional 400. Construction is due to begin early 2011 with completion targeted for November 2012. June 2009 Tawam Hospital Tawam Hospital, in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, is undergoing a major redevelopment. The 8 level new facility will include varied Ambulatory Care Clinics, Diagnostic and Treatment units including Accident & Emergency Unit, Operating Unit, Medical Imaging, Genetics laboratories, Medical/ Surgical inpatient units, Women and Children’s Health inpatient units and Oncology along with teaching and research facilities. HPI has been commissioned to provide Room Data Sheets, schedule FF& FE and budget the major FF & FE items for the project using the Health Facilities Briefing System. May 2009 North Shore Private Hospital – Multilevel Parking HPI has carried out the briefing, planning, design and construction documentation for additional parking level to the existing Royal North Shore Multi-level Parking Facility adjacent to the North Shore Private Hospital site, in St Leonards, NSW. The project adds a partial level to the existing structure, increasing the number of parking spaces by a net 137 cars, compensating for parking spaces lost to the new North Shore Private Stage 3 extension. The existing dual lifts and 3 of the existing fire stairs were extended to service the new level. The project was completed and opened earlier this month. February 2009 Penang Adventist Hospital Masterplanning of the Penang Adventist Hospital has recently been undertaken by TAHPI. This redevelopment will include construction of a new Cancer Care Unit plus expansion of Inpatient Units, resulting in an increase in bed capacity from 200 to approximately 450. The Operating Suite will also be extended and additional car parking provided. The new Radiotherapy area will include 4 Bunkers. February 2009 Norwest Private Hospital Pathology Laboratory The project is a Medical Suite of 80 m2, operational 24 hours a day and will be ‘the very heart and soul’ of the new Norwest Hospital. Construction is due to start soon to allow opening day to coincide with Hospital’s. February 2009 Norwest Private Hospital Display Suite The project is a 120 m2 Medical Suite that will be used as a display unit in the Medical Centre area of the new Norwest Hospital. January 2009 Ballina Rehabilitation Centre Stage 3 HPI has completed the final stage in this successful state-of-the-art new Rehabilitation Centre in Ballina NSW. All of the documentation was complete mid-2008 and final construction phases completed and occupied by the end of 2008. January 2009 Coffs Harbour Medical Centre Located in the Health Campus, next to Coffs Harbour Hospital and Ambulance Service, the new Medical Centre will be an ultra-modern facility comprising 3 storeys of Medical Suites, Pathology, Day Surgery, Oncology and retail with a total area of approximately 7000 m2. Design Development is just about to start and Construction is scheduled to start in about six months. January 2009 Macquarie University Hospital Briefing, planning, design and authority approvals of a new flagship hospital collocated with the Macquarie University campus. Project includes 128 inpatient beds, 14 operating rooms (including angiography and endoscopy), 20-bed ICU/CCU, CSSD, Imaging. Separate medical suites are to be located in an adjacent Specialist Centre, 18 specialist disciplines being represented, linked to the hospital on two levels via an enclosed pedestrian bridge. The building is currently under construction and is due to be completed in November 2009. The first patients are expected in February 2010. January 2009 Westmead Private Medical Centre Project includes briefing, planning and design of a 3-storey medical centre, with an underground car park adjacent to Westmead Private Hospital. January 2009 The Townsville Hospital Redevelopment (North Block) HPI is carrying out the briefing and health planning of this major extension to the emergency department of Townsville Hospital in Queensland, for Queensland Health. December 2008 Sunway Medical Centre Sunway Medical Centre, in Selangor, Malaysia, is undergoing a three stage redevelopment program. Stage 1 includes a comprehensive Cancer Care facility, consisting of a large Chemotherapy area as well as a Radiotherapy unit with three bunkers. Stage 2 will provide three additional Radiotherapy bunkers, Oncology Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Clinics and a new Main Entry to the hospital. Stage 3 will involve a 10-storey building extension with 2 tower blocks. Stage 1 of the redevelopment will commence in the latter half of 2009. December 2008 HFBS Pro 2 Tools (Release 1) The Pro 2 package provides users with tools which are built on the HFBS platform using the latest web based technology, including: HFBS Document Management Software (Beta) Storage space for document on the HFBS Server November 2008 HFBS Pro 1 Tools (Release 1) The Pro 1 package provides users with tools which are built on the HFBS platform using the latest web based technology, including: Quick Schedule of Accommodation (QSOA) Parking Calculator Project Program Calculator Instant Messaging (IM) October 2008 HFBS IV HFBS users now have a new choice for user interface. HFBS IV can be selected from the Login screen. HFBS has been under constrant development in 2007. Several new modules have been created and existing modules have been upgraded. As the feature list grows and new technology is employed, the original HFBS user interface, particularly the tab-based navigation and menu system is no longer adequate. Furthermore, users now expect compatibility with different browsers and operating systems such as Firefox and Apple Safari. The new HFBS IV addresses these issues whilst maintaining compatibility with the the original database. Users can continue with the original HFBS II user interface, or try the new HFBS IV user interface. Both versions use the same project and asset data. Some of the new, advanced features of HFBS IV are not available from the HFBS II user interface. Key featuers of HFBS IV Drop down menus, with room to grow Suitable for larger, high resolution screens Cross-browser compatible Suitable for different operating systems Switchboard eliminated Full integration with the mapping system Bread crumb style page titles with hyerlinks New modules such as Purchasing, Costing, Products and SOA New Pro1 modules (authorised users only) New Pro2 modules (authorised users only) Beta testing invitation During 2008, selected HFBS (regular) users will be invited to try new, un-released but functional modules. The most interesting of these modules is the HFBS-CADconnect module available for Autocad 2007,2008 & Autocad Lite with a web based block library. Also, the new Quick SOA Pro1 module integrates the functionality of Project, Department and Room pages into one intrface with extremely fast drag and drop functionality. It shows the project as a tree structure wih rooms listed under department nodes and content details are shown instantly. Referece projects are shown in a sepate tree structure. Entire tree branches and details can be dragged and dropped from one to the other. April 2007 HFBS ll HFBS mark II Beta has been in development over a year. It may look similar to HFBS but it has many new and forward-looking features built under the hood. HFBS II was commissioned on 24 April 07 after a period of Beta testing. The features which have been enhanced are summarised below: Switchboard This is a new screen that comes after Login. With numerous new features in the system, it has become apparent that not all users are necessarily interested in "Projects", so unlike the original HFBS, they are not taken directly to the Project Tab. They can choose any of the available modules and sub-modules such as: Projects Module Project Purchasing Costing Assets Module Mapping Module Administration Module User Preferences Domain Preferences Project Access Asset Access Users Domain QS The switchboard pre-loads all Projects and Assets, so for heavy users with many Projects and/or Assets, it will take a few seconds to load up. Then you can select a Project or Asset and go directly to it. Totally new modules follow. Projects Departments Room Data FF & FE Costing Assets Administration New Modules: Purchasing Module This module replaces the original simple FF & FE costing. The Purchasing module is intended for Hospital purchasing officers. It has all the functionality of the FF & FE costing with much more. It allows you to locate all FF & FE items in the project and specify the correct product for them. I allow you to apply one product selection to all items or apply different product selections to different items, all on one screen. Costing Module The costing module remains unchanged. However, the right to access the costing module has been added to the Project Access tab. It is expected that the Costing module will be formally launched some time in 2007. Mapping Module The Mapping Module is the beginning of a far reaching feature, visualising a great proportion of the data available on the HFBS. The Mapping Module is also tied to the user security level. The Mapping Module can show all Health Assets, Projects and Points of Interest (POI) on a Satellite map. The address is based on the entry in the address fields of Projects and Assets, so correct data entry is necessary. Each item is represented by a marker. There are different marker shapes for Projects, Assets, Support Services etc. The markers also indicate the Role Deleniation Level (RDL) of the facility (if specified). Clicking on a marker will provide its key features on a side bar, including the listing of its departments. Upcoming Features DBconnect HFBS will soon have a series of custom export tables intended for database connectivity to CAD systems. The DBconnect tables can be saved on a local computer hard drive and mapped to integrate with various CAD programs compatible with AutoCAD. April 2007 Campbelltown Private Hospital We have just recently completed this hospital. It is Sydney’s first new private hospital project in approximately 10 years.    April 2007 Lismore Mental Health Unit The Project is currently in construction.  Site work completed up-to-date included in ground services, 50% of basement slab and southern retaining wall       February 2006 Health Facility Briefing System (HFBS) Updates The Asset Module This module has been completed and commissioned in both Web format and a desktop application. Under this module an Asset is the largest entity that contains one or more Sites, which in turn include one or more Buildings, which in turn include one or more Departments. The Costing Module This module is still work in progress. The programming has been completed and commissioned. The contents are bring completed by a Domain QS. One typical template has been provided for Type C construction. All departmental rates have been entered. Products Module This is a new module which enables actual product selections to be made either from the system menu or by user upload. This module allows for the registration of Manufacturers and Item Types under the following categories: Building Fabric and Finishes Furniture and Fittings (FF) Fixtures and Equipment (FE) Products can have pictures or diagrams attached to them. October 2006 Wentworth Area Health Service at Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital was completed in 2006, and involved a new long term Master Plan, the full design and construction of all the new buildings within the Master Plan and the construction of a separately funded Inpatient Mental Health Unit. July 2005 HPI has been appointed as Service Planner/ Health Facility Planner for the Lismore Base Hospital Clinical Services Block and Oncology services. The work will involve the preparation of an SPP (Service Procurement Plan) and Concept Plan. June 2005 HPI has fully commissioned the Health Facility Briefing system (HFBS). This is a web based automated health briefing system which covers all States in Australia as well as New Zealand. Several projects to the value of $250m are being delivered on this platform at this time. HFBS allows complete detailed briefs for hospitals based on the NSW/ Victoria Health Facility Guidelines. The result is printed in a variety of detailed reports including Room Data Sheets, Functional Area Analysis, FF&FE lists with budget costing etc. For access to the system in NSW, contact Patsy Choo at NSW Department of Health. Alternatively, contact Aladin Niazmand at Health Projects International. An account holder in the HFBS system with a user name and password can access the web site at: www.healthdesign.com.au/hfb May 2005 Health Projects International in association with Project Directors Australia was appointed as the Project Director for significant health reform work in the WA South Metropolitan Area Health Service. The work will initially include a 300 bed Hospital in Rockingham. The work also extends to Armadale Hospital, Freemantle Hospital and many more. The immediate deadline is for the completion of the Rockingham/ Kwinana Hospital at role delineation level 4/5 by 2008. The project will be planned for the projected demand of 2016 but will be build for the projected demand of 2011. Another high priority is the expansion of the Emergency Department at Armadale Hospital which has proved too small for the current demand. In order to advance the projects HPI is preparing Business Case documents together with the necessary Project Definition Plans and Master Plans. March 2005 St Josephs Hospital Aged Care Rehabilitation and Neurosciences Unit project is completed. Patients move in with smiles on their faces. This was one of the client’s key deliverables. Staff also appear pleased. February 2005 HPI’s web based office automation systems for the briefing and design of health projects is completed and commissioned. The system uses an “industrial strength” web based database as its core. All automated briefing functions are available from a standard web browser. The system now has the ability to upload and download Room Layout Sheets to match the Room Data Sheets generated on the system. Again, the drawings are viewable on a web browser, captured as a PDF preview. Other built in functions include: Direct access to the Standard Components of both NSW Health Facility Guidelines and the Victorian Design Guidelines for Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres. Briefs for Hospital departments can be quickly assembled from these standard components, then customised and printed in full detail. Entire departments such as a level 5 Intensive Care Unit may be imported either from the above design guidelines or from any other existing project. Any existing project may be nominated as a “reference” project and its components may be called up and imported into other projects to populate the required departments. The Redevelopment of Bathurst and Orange Hospitals will be the pilot project for the implementation and testing of the above system. January 2005 HPI’s was asked to join the Government Architects Office (part of the NSW Department of Commerce) team for the redevelopment of Bathurst and Orange Hospitals as the specialist Health Facility Planner. The project is worth approximately $140m. November 2004 HPI completes the web based version of the new Victorian Guidelines for Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres. HPI commences the implementation phase of an exciting new project titled HFBS (Health Facility Briefing System), to web enable its entire office automation systems including: Room Data Sheets Room Layout Sheets Automatic Door Schedule System Automatic Schedule of Finishes Automatic Schedule of Sanitary Fixtures and Tapware Automatic Schedule of Grab Rails and Hand Rails The above systems will soon be available for licensing October 2004 Nepean Hospital Emergency Department is completed. Opening is scheduled for Late November 2004. February 2004 Senior Architects Anne Lamb and Sam Macri are appointed as Associate Members of Health Projects International. Anne and Sam have been valuable and experienced members of HPI for several years. Anne has been responsible for projects such as John Hunter Hospital, Lake Macquarie Private Hospital and Nepean Hospital Emergency Department. Sam has been responsible for Westmead Ambulatory Procedure Centre and Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital. February 2004 HPI, wins the consultancy role for the Grafton Female Prison Clinic. This project is delivered through HPI’s Lismore office managed by Don Granatelli. All design work is carried out in the Sydney offices of HPI. The project is managed by the Department of Commerce. February 2004 HPI, in collaboration with Vincent Chrisp Architects commences the design of the Alfred Hospital Cardiac Ward and Catheter Labs in Melbourne. This project is delivered via HPI Team Services. For more information refer to HPI Project Web Sites. January 2004 Prince of Wales/ Prince Henry Hospital Spinal Medicine and Rehabilitation Services project reach practical completion. Patients move in whilst minor defects rectification continues. This project is without doubt the most complex undertaken by HPI. More photos can be found under “Projects”. December 2003 Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital redevelopment is tendered. Tenders close in February 2004. The project includes a new Maternity Ward, Birthing Unit a Swing Ward, Acute Mental Health Unit, Kitchen, Store, Pharmacy and elevated Helipad. November 2003 HPI, in collaboration with Morrison Design Partnership commences the St Josephs Hospital Aged Care Psychiatric and Neurosciences Unit in Aubutn NSW, Australia. The project is due for completion in December 2004. HPI is both the head design consultant but also the Project Manger. September 2003 Lake Macquarie Private Hospital stage 2 is completed and occupied. This completes the redevelopment of the hospital including 2 new wards, day surgery, 2 new cardiac operating rooms, recovery, back of house services, laundry, CSSD and carpark. February 2002 HPI, in association with APP completes the Project Definition Plan (PDP) for the Prince of Wales Hospital Clinical Departments Refurbishment. The report itself is designed to suit electronic presentation. The central file supplied on CD-Rom hyperlinks all other attachments and graphics which are then seen on the readers screen. This includes drawings, programs, appendices, charts and spreadsheets. February 2002 John Hunter Hospital project reaches two milestones: The tender is completed for all components including: Emergency Department (the busiest in NSW) ICU offices, Radiology Conference rooms Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit The successful tender is from John Holland Constructions. The tender is below  budget. No cost cutting was required to achieve this result. Also, the temporary demountable unit which will accommodate the current Emergency Department for 8 months of construction was completed (again by John Holland Constructions) and occupied by the ED. The Clinical Information Department which was separated as an early project was completed and occupied. The strategies proposed by HPI and adopted by the Project Managers DPWS and the Client Hunter Area Health Service including the use of a Demountable unit for ED reduced the delivery time by 12 months with no cost penalty. February 2002 HPI wins the contract to prepare the Procurement Feasibility Plan for the Baronia Psychogeriatric Unit in New Castle, NSW. This new unit will replace the existing facility within the James Fletcher Hospital campus. January 2002 The process of re-tendering for Price Henry/ Prince of Wales Hospital Spinal Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Project is completed. A preferred tenderer has been identified. Project commencement is expected in March 2002. December 2001 HPI completes the Schematic Design for Westmead Ambulatory Procedure Centre, one of the largest in Australia ahead of the Project Definition Plan (PDP). The high level of confidence and resolution achieved with the Schematic Design assists the PDP operational policy statements as well as costing. All drawings and detailed room data sheets are available to authorised users on the project web site. October 2001 HPI completes the masterplan and preliminary design for the 3 hospital groups in Young, NSW. These include: Young District Hospital (YDH) Young Mercy Care Centre (MCC) Young Community Health Centre (YCH) All plans achieved sign-offs from the user groups and management. The plans were developed together with detailed room data sheets which were also signed off. The next phase of the project involves preparing a package for Design and Construct (D&C) tendering later in 2002. The current plans and room data sheets are available to authorised user groups on the  project web site. March 2001 After several years of patient project development, the Lake Macquarie Private Hospital is ready to proceed with the design phase of its expansion. HPI begins refining the design and documentation for tendering. February 2001 HPI wins the separate tender for the role of the Architect for the Prince of Wales Hospital Spinal Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Project. This involves the relocation of the existing Prince Henry Hospital to the Prince of Wales Hospital Campus. The John Hunter Hospital Project Web site goes “live”. January 2001 HPI was advised by the Department of Public Works and Services that it has won the John Hunter Hospital Emergency and Intensive Care Project in New Castle NSW. December 2000 HPI staff were invited to New Caledonia to follow up on the proposed private Hospital in Noumea. After 2 years of preparation, the project is now scheduled to proceed immediately. The proposed Hospital is expected to be the best in New Caledonia. It will combine the functionality of two existing Hospitals into one state of the art multi -storey facility. The HPI team includes French speaking Architects as well as local Noumea associates. HPI has already translated the French building  regulations applying to New Caledonia into English for use by other members of the design team.   November 2000 HPI was awarded the prestigious task of preparing the new Design Guidelines for Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres for Victoria. The tender for this task was highly competitive, attracting quality submissions from around Australia. A combination of team quality, innovative methodology and web based collaboration was the key to HPI’s success. The program for this task is 42 weeks with the completion expected around October 2001. HPI will work closely with the officers of the  Department of Human Services as well as Acute Health in Victoria.   November 2000 HPI, as part of the Project Director’s team lead by APP, was successful in the tender for the Prince Alfred Hospital/ Prince of Wales Hospital Spinal Medicine + Rehab Services. HPI’s role will include Health Facility Planning and User Group Management.   October 2000 HPI was advised that its tender for the Westmead Hospital Ambulatory Procedure Centre has been successful. The project will proceed as soon as the Project Feasibility Plan (PFP) has been approved by the client. This project is one of the largest ambulatory procedure centres in Australia.   8 April 2000 Aladin Niazmand, Director of HPI and Philip Rose, Manager of DPWS Health Design gave a presentation at the IBC Hospital and Health Facilities Design Conference at Avillion Hotel, Sydney, Australia. The subject was "Project Specific Web Sites and Web based Project Administration". The presentation was interactive, using the Tweed Heads Hospital project web site as an example of what can be achieved. For a limited preview, go to the Tweed Heads Hospital web portal at DPWS. Please note that this portal site offers only limited access to the  project web site. The balance of the site hosted by HPI is subject to a user name and password. For a private preview, please contact HPI directly.