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LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT — STAGE 3
Staff Update October 2019
Planning, patience, and precision were the key
ingredients to this month’s impressive manoeuvring
of a 6.5 tonne MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
machine up and into the new Level 5 F Block
Imaging Department.
The $2.2m state-of-the-art Philips Elition X 3T MRI
brings innovative technology to the region, providing
the opportunity for 50 per cent faster scan times at
60 per cent greater resolution than the current MRI.
A 350 tonne crane was used to lift the MRI up to
Level 5 of North Tower, with a team of specialists
from Core Sensitive Freight working in unison to
carefully move the machine from the opening in the
side of the building into position on Level 5.
$2.2m MRI machine lifted into place
The MRI is carefully lifted up to the gap in the building.
A hand-operated pulley system gently brings the MRI into
the building.
The team carefully transition from the crane platform.
Precision positioning as the MRI moves through the door.
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LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT — STAGE 3
Staff Update October 2019
Impressive employment stats for project The completion and opening of Lismore Base
Hospital’s new North Tower (F Block) will bring
many clinical improvements for the hospital, and
while most are looking forward to enjoying that
destination, there are many who have been
enjoying the journey.
The construction of North Tower, from May 2018 to
September 2019, has generated more than
305,000 hours of work time, by an average daily
workforce of 115 men and women.
Of the total 745 inducted workers employed
throughout the construction, 61 were apprentices
and 101 were non-apprentices who became
learning workers by participating in training
programs.
While construction is predominantly a male-
dominated industry, there were 19 females on site
working in trade-related roles.
Maddison Carr is an Apprentice Electrician with
STAR Group who first commenced working on the
Stage 3 redevelopment in 2016.
Maddison has just two months of her
apprenticeship to serve before becoming a fully
qualified electrician, and was keen to see out her
time working on North Tower.
“I started my apprenticeship working on Byron Bay
Hospital and I then worked on the first stage of
Lismore Base Hospital back in 2016 (when) I was
the only female worker on site,” Maddison said.
“Over the last couple of years, I’ve been doing a lot
of residential work. It’s been great coming back to
the Lismore Hospital job to finish my apprenticeship
and find all these female workers here now.”
As well as the high number of female workers
involved in the construction of North Tower, the
redevelopment has also provided employment to
17 workers who identify as Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people. This represents an
Aboriginal participation rate for North Tower of 16.2
percent, way above the project target of 3 percent.
Apprentice electrician Maddison Carr will complete her
apprenticeship on North Tower.
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LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT — STAGE 3
Staff Update October 2019
When two towers become one . . . The delicate work of cutting through the
walls erected between E Block and F
Block commenced mid-September and is
nearing completion.
In key critical clinical areas, such as E6
Theatres, the cut-through required high
level co-ordination and co-operation
between Lismore Base Hospital Executive
and staff, and the construction team.
The cut-through on Level 6 was completed
without incident or interruption to surgical
time, with the project team giving thanks to
the efforts of all staff involved.
Each level of F Block will be integrated with E Block
at both the A Lift access core, and the patient
transport staff lifts in the centre of the building.
The transition between E Block and F Block will be
seamless once complete, with staff, patients, and
visitors unaware internally when they will be leaving
one tower and entering the other tower.
North Tower is currently going
through the commissioning and
defect inspection period which will
continue until the building is
handed over to the NNSWLHD at
the start of December.
This will then enable the LHD
commissioning to commence,
including staff orientation and
familiarisation sessions, ahead of
the relocation of departments from
the end of January 2020, with
Security being the first department
to move on January 27.
The cut-through on each level provides a ‘look only’ access.
Work is nearing completion on all levels linking E and F Blocks.
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LISMORE BASE HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT — STAGE 3
Staff Update October 2019
E and F Block now joined at the hip
Level 8 looking from Women’s Care across to ICU entry.
Level 6 Theatres cut-through providing seamless transition
between the two levels of E and F Blocks.
Level 7 staff lifts looking into the new plant level.
Level 6 looking past Lift A towards Endoscopy/Day Surgery.