Project Name:  Eastern Health - Adolescent Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit - Box Hill Hospital

Project Duration:  2008

Scope of Works

This hospital has capacity for 12 adolescent patients up to 18 years of age.   It is designed not to look like a hospital however has all the facilities you would expect in a hospital. 

The electrical installation comprised the supply and installation of:-

• Sub-main cables serving distribution and sub-switchboards
• Sub-main cabling including termination to mechanical services panels
• Distribution boards and sub-switchboards
• Earthing system
• Isolating switches
• Luminaries complete with lamps, control gear and associated wiring
• Emergency and Exit lighting system
• General purpose power outlets and wiring
• Voice and data block facility cabling
• Telephone backbone cabling and field wiring
• Nurse call system
• Audio-Visual cabling
• MATV system
• Security System
• CCTV System
• Alarm/Access Control
• Electrical Door Locking System
• Body Protect Areas

Project Challenges

• Access of plant and equipment on site
• Coordinating specialist contractors on site
• Medical ‘Body Protect’ area requirements
• Concealed ceiling, ceiling height and access to location of services in space
• Installation of sub switchboards in to existing sub mains cables
• Connection of data, phone, security and nurse call systems in to existing systems ensuring compatibility
• Meeting rooms’ power and lighting requirements to satisfy patients needs
• Lighting specification changed significantly during project period in order to standardise lighting throughout the facility
• Wall lighting installation difficult as timbers needed to be added to rear of plaster to ensure proper fixing

Despite the specification constantly evolving (which created challenges particularly when rough-in had been completed) the project was completed on time.

ATS was a finalist for a NECA Award of Excellence in 2008 for this project.