PROJECT NEWSLETTER June 2015

NNSW LHD’s Byron Central Hospital Change

Manager, Deb Carney (left) with Wayne Smith

Byron/Mullumbimby Community Mental Health

Manager, Corinne Maynard while Acting Executive

Officer/Director of Nursing at Mullumbimby &

District War Memorial Hospital and Tracey Brooke

while Acting Executive Officer/Director of Nursing

at Byron Bay District Hospital (right).

An ongoing series of workshops are being

coordinated by NNSW LHD to bring service level

managers together with a wide range of experts

responsible for the construction of the new

hospital.

Briefings on building design and fit-out, as well as

site layout and functionality, have been received

from the architects, builders, electrical contractors,

and landscapers.

Features discussed include signage, nurse and

emergency call buttons, infection control, and

other specifics of ward design, equipment

placement, door hardware, lighting and colour

schemes.

As architect Bernard Waller told the recent

community briefing (see story next page), the

colour palette for Byron Central Hospital is

inspired by the local environment – the blues of

the sea, the greens of the forest, and the sky

colours seen from Cape Byron lighthouse at dawn

and dusk.

To date, more than ten staff briefings have been

held, each involving a range of participants from

the existing two hospitals, community health,

mental health and support services, as well as the

project design and construction personnel.

BCH Change Manager Deb Carney said, “The

workshops, which will be ongoing throughout the

construction process, provide staff the opportunity

to discuss the design and construction process

with those directly responsible for overseeing the

work.”

Staff from Tweed Byron Health Service Group

Physical Resources, Byron Bay District Hospital

Maintenance Department and NNSW Local Health

District Capital Works Department meeting with

contractors in a services maintenance workshop.

The two Executive Officers/Directors of Nursing

from Byron Bay District Hospital Keryn York (left)

and Mullumbimby & District War Memorial

Hospital Jenny Shaw (right) reviewing the

landscaping proposal.

Staff consulted and briefed on project

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Internal view of wall framing in the Inpatient Unit of

Building 1.

The completion of roof sheeting for the

Emergency Department and the Imaging

Department in Building 1.

The roof structure steel on Building 2 is now well

under way.

Steel wall framing being installed in Building 2, the

Ambulatory Care building.

Building construction progressing on schedule

update

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Community members from all parts of Byron Shire

attended an information session on the new Byron

Central Hospital at Mullumbimby Civic Hall on the

evening of 3 June 2015.

Presenters included NNSW LHD chief executive

Chris Crawford, architect Bernard Waller,

Brookfield Multiplex project manager Stuart Clark,

and Health Infrastructure’s Jeff Arthur (pictured at

right with a community member and the scale

model, now on display at Mullumbimby Hospital,

and later at Byron District Hospital).

The LHD’s director of mental health and drug &

alcohol services, Dr Richard Buss, explained the

role of the sub-acute mental health unit/recovery

centre, whose 20 beds which will open

progressively from the time of the hospital’s

opening in July next year.

BCH will have 195 Parking bays, 28 bicycle

spaces, and 16 motorcycle spaces. There will be

14 ED spaces, 43 in-patient beds and equipment

that includes a CT scanner (not MRI, as

incorrectly reported).

A tender will go out shortly in a bid to attract

private sector interest in providing day surgery

services.

Jeffery Arthur

from Health

Infrastructure

(right) and

community

member John

Purssey (left)

looking at the

multifaith area

shown in the

model.

Community briefed on project’s progress

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Byron Bay Community Primary School’s interest in

the project is continuing, with a visit to the site by

two groups comprising all of the school’s 105

students.

While the students were only able to view the

construction works from a safe position near the

entry gates, they were given information sheets

and asked to tick off items they spotted during

their visit.

They can now identify equipment such as an ‘all-

terrain scissor lift’ and a ‘telescopic fork lift’.

Two weeks earlier, seven students from the

school were given new BMX/mountain bikes after

winning a poster art competition focusing on the

importance on safe practices in a potentially

hazardous workplace.

The bikes were purchased from local business

Sunrise Cycles.

Winning students collecting their BMX bike prizes

after the judging of the safety poster competition.

One of the two groups from Byron Community

Primary School that visited the site on 29 May.

Stuart Clark, Project Manager for Brookfield

Multiplex, helping students identify key pieces of

equipment on their information sheets.

Big interest from the little ones…

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Sisters and business partners, Sam Miller (left)

and Belinda Jones are another of the local

businesses providing essential services to the

Byron Central Hospital construction.

As an army marches on its stomach, for does a

construction team, and ‘The Lunch Ladies’, as the

on-site caravan is named, have moved well away

from the ‘smoko vans’ of the past.

Among their fresh home-cooked offerings are

Asian salads, Turkish toasties with bacon-lettuce-

tomato, rollups, home-made muffins, and a range

of great coffee options.

The ladies have not been on-site long, but already

they’ve developed an enthusiastic clientele, taking

lunch orders from the time they open in the

mornings (Mon-Fri).

Their catering business also works off-site and is

experienced in providing an expanded menu for

home and corporate functions. The Lunch Ladies

can be contacted on 0415 416 070.

Community Information Day

Sunday 28 June, 9.00am-1.00pm

The local community will have an opportunity to

visit the BCH construction site at Ewingsdale on

Sunday 28 June 2015.

The site will open from 9.00am-1.00pm, with off-

road parking available. The main gate will need to

be approached from the eastern (Byron Bay) side.

Activities coordinated by construction contractor

Brookfield Multiplex will include briefings on the

work completed so far, and the next stages of

construction.

There will be a range of stalls, including a

fundraising BBQ.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Electrical cabling being installed throughout the steel frame of the Ambulatory Care area in building 2.

The ladies who lunch