Brisbane Private Hospital In-Patient Unit

The In-Patient Unit was the first major new building at Brisbane Private Hospital since the 1980s, following several years of RCP-managed refurbishments that prepared the campus for its next stage of growth.

The five-storey, 4,700 sqm building created additional clinical capacity and a new entrance and street presence on Wickham Terrace. Located on the hospital’s former front car park, construction took place immediately alongside a fully operational hospital.

Building without disrupting clinical services.

The constrained site placed patient rooms, operating theatres and neighbouring properties close to construction. Extensive enabling works and careful staging were required to deliver the new building and its link to the existing hospital while keeping every clinical service operational.

RCP provided project management and specialist programming services throughout design and delivery, led by Director James Goodson. RCP developed the staging strategy, coordinated stakeholders and programmed the works around hospital operations to minimise impacts on patients, staff and visitors.

Respecting the site’s heritage.

The redevelopment reinstated brick fencing from Garth House, a Wickham Terrace residence dating from around 1864. The hospital’s heritage-listed frangipani trees were also carefully removed, maintained in a nursery during construction and replanted at the new entrance.

A new front door for the hospital.

The completed building includes a covered main entrance, street-level retail and outpatient facilities, with mental health wards, inpatient support areas and a surgical medical ward above. A link bridge connects the new ward directly to the existing hospital, with consultant suites at roof level.

Construction was completed on programme in September 2017, with the first patients admitted the following month. Throughout the project, all existing hospital clinical services remained fully operational.