Padghams contributes to the recently completed Alfred Intensive Care Unit, Melbourne

Padghams played a significant role as part of the specialist team responsible for the construction and development of one of Australia's largest intensive care units at a major tertiary hospital, The Alfred in Melbourne.

The Alfred Intensive Care Redevelopment project was an ambitious undertaking. It included a total refit of the pre-existing intensive care facilities as well as the fitout of the extension within a total project budget of approximately $25 million.

For this project, Padghams partnered Architects Billard Leece Partnership and Project Managers Johnstaff, together with the Department of Human Services, Victoria and Alfred Health.

Problems had arisen from the earlier design and construction of the Alfred's Critical Care Complex, completed in August 2000.

In addressing these issues, there was also a need to manage an increase in admissions of immune-compromised patients; resistant infections and cross-infections within the Intensive Care Unit; introduce more natural light; and improve general well-being, concentration and comfort levels. This included the refit of the existing 35 intensive care beds while a further 10 were developed.

Padghams' role was to manage all financial aspects of the project, including budget determinations, expenditure, design costs, building materials and construction costs.

Padghams' unrivalled cost planning and modelling software solution incorporates a powerful Healthcare Benchmark Database, delivering the most advanced and accurate cost advice to our clients in capital, recurrent, life cycle and investment appraisal.

Due to Padghams' depth of experience in health and research projects, the consultancy understood the time, cost and quality objectives of such complex projects as The Alfred Intensive Care project, and demonstrated methodology to deliver on multiple client objectives, while ensuring the assignment was delivered on time and within budget.

Padghams' integrated service ensures projects are planned, designed and developed to meet the specific functional requirements of the healthcare sector, while satisfying increasingly important triple bottom line objectives financially, socially and environmentally.