Southern Cross North Harbour Hospital is a private surgical in-patient hospital. Southern Cross engaged Babbage to provide structural and civil design services for their North Harbour Hospital extension project to enhance their hospital facility to meet the growing need for comprehensive healthcare services.
The hospital extension is a multi-stage development. The development included:
A carpark extension – which requires a major retaining wall structure to be constructed.
A single-storey in-patient ward.
A three-storey building to house the administration department, training facility, consultant spaces and the oncology department with radiotherapy equipment.
A three-storey building to house the in-patient facility with basement carpark space.
This new development is on a steep slope next to an existing hospital.
The design challenges were:
Noise and vibration control to minimise the impacts on the existing hospital facility.
Underpinning the existing hospital building to enable the deep excavation.
The design and support of the x-ray bunker rooms with steel plates and high density concrete on a weak foundation.
Allowing flexibility of future use of the building for future technology development.
