Healthcare

Adapting infrastructure for evolving models of care

Emerging technologies and clinical practice are placing greater demands on hospitals and healthcare facilities – they must be designed for adaptability, enabling changes in services, technology and operational models without major structural intervention.

Healthcare delivery continues to shift toward higher efficiency models, where performance is measured not by bed capacity, but by patient throughput within existing infrastructure. With hospitals and healthcare facilities typically designed for a 70-year lifespan and multiple major refurbishments, durable and flexible structural systems are fundamental.

Integrated engineering capability across the full project lifecycle

SYSTRA delivers healthcare infrastructure through coordinated structural, civil and construction engineering, supported by façade, geotechnical and materials expertise. This integrated approach supports both large-scale new facilities and the assessment, modification and extension of existing assets, including in live operational environments.

Capability spans the full range of facility types: acute hospitals across metropolitan, regional and rural settings; specialist facilities in oncology, paediatrics and mental health; research facilities and laboratories; hospital precinct infrastructure; and emergency and infection control environments.

Durable and future-proof healthcare assets

BG&E, now a part of SYSTRA, brings several decades of healthcare and laboratory infrastructure experience across Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia – serving public, private and PPP clients.

Project experience includes Fiona Stanley Hospital – a 232,000m² precinct and the largest health infrastructure project in Western Australia at completion – where services encompassed structural engineering, civil engineering and facade consultancy. Structural and civil engineering services were also provided for the $360 million Midland Public and Private Hospital, the first new hospital in the north-eastern corridor of Perth, Australia, in 50 years.