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General discussion / Re: Can Anyone Explain Why the Cost of the New Children's Hospital Has Ballooned?
« Last post by Never beat the deeler on Today at 02:31:48 AM »I was recently involved (2015 - 2016) in the construction of the new children's hospital in Perth, Western Australia.
These type of projects (new build children's hospitals) are very rare world-wide, so people were talking about the Dublin hospital at that stage.
The cost of that project was AUD1.2b which is approx EUR760m.
Now this hospital was state of the art; with one of the best operating theatres in the world with 12 multi use theatres(all hospitals, not just children's). There are 298 beds, 75% single rooms; parent's beds in each room; fully robotised pharmacy; 3,500m2 green space; parent accommodation suite etc
All of this was built in Perth, one of the most isolated cities in the world.
Looking at the link provided by highorlow the specs seem to be higher, but not overly so. 380 beds (single rooms, in-parent accomm); 18 OTs; etc.
Irrespective of tendering model, it looks like we are not getting value for money.
These type of projects (new build children's hospitals) are very rare world-wide, so people were talking about the Dublin hospital at that stage.
The cost of that project was AUD1.2b which is approx EUR760m.
Now this hospital was state of the art; with one of the best operating theatres in the world with 12 multi use theatres(all hospitals, not just children's). There are 298 beds, 75% single rooms; parent's beds in each room; fully robotised pharmacy; 3,500m2 green space; parent accommodation suite etc
All of this was built in Perth, one of the most isolated cities in the world.
Looking at the link provided by highorlow the specs seem to be higher, but not overly so. 380 beds (single rooms, in-parent accomm); 18 OTs; etc.
Irrespective of tendering model, it looks like we are not getting value for money.