In an article that first appeared in The Australian Hospital Engineer, Michael Ward, facilities engineer, Building, Engineering & Maintenance Services (BEMS), Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health, Mark Fasiolo, hospital engineer within the same organisation and service (both work at Townsville Hospital), and Jeffrey Turner, now client services manager, BEMS, at Metro South Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Health (but formerly hospital engineer at Townsville Hospital), describe a complex redevelopment project at Townsville Hospital in Queensland.
A key element of the project, which is still ongoing, was the significant reconfiguration of the site’s power supply and building engineering services.
The Townsville Hospital (TTH) is a tertiary referral hospital located in Townsville, Queensland.Opened in 2001, it provides the very latest in cardiac, obstetric, gynaecological, paediatric, neurosurgical, orthopaedic, cancer, mental health, neonatal, allied health, anaesthetic, and intensive care services to the many communities of North Queensland. It is also a major teaching hospital for James Cook University’s Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. Needless to say, TTH is a critical piece of health infrastructure in the state’s north, and is a post-disaster referral facility for North Queensland.
Supporting such healthcare requirements makes TTH a very complex and services-intensive structure, in terms of elements such as fire engineering, active and passive fire protection systems, high voltage distribution from central energy plant, and critical services distribution.
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