RBWH has a significant ‘post-disaster’ function, requiring the engineering services to be designed to provide a high level of reliability and redundancy. With long-term involvement in the masterplanning of the site, we have allowed for building services systems throughout the hospital campus to be progressively upgraded, while facilitating future expansion. Key to this was a Central Energy Plant including chillers, thermal storage (ice), steam boilers and back-up generators, with significant expansion capacity.

In delivering these projects, Meinhardt have worked both independently and with various joint venture teams, as well as with a number of different architects.