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Concord Hospital Redevelopment in a Snapshot

The Concord Hospital Redevelopment Project will provide for the construction of a new Clinical Services Building with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 44,000 m2. The new building, known as the Rusty Priest Centre for Rehabilitation and Aged Care, re-houses and expands existing aged complex care and rehabilitation services, veteran’s physical and mental health treatment and rehabilitation services. The project also includes an integrated cancer care centre, as well as inpatient services in new purpose-built facilities. The project specifically included: > a three-storey atrium linking the new building and the current clinical services building, > a link at lower ground floor below the atrium for goods and services to be transported between the new building and the existing building, > new glass lifts and associated lobby slabs servicing the existing building, > a basement level loading dock, patient drop off and short-term parking and cold shell for radiation oncology, > 214 inpatient beds, treatment chairs for cancer and infusion services, offices, support spaces, outpatient consult rooms and allied health treatment areas. PROJECT 5 TIMELINE

> November 2019 UNSW Sydney Human Ethics approval obtained. > February 2020 Data collection on Concord Hospital Redevelopment commenced. > March 2020 Due to the first COVID-19 lockdowns in NSW, data collection halted and resumed in May 2020. Additional questions were added to the survey and interview about the effects of COVID-19 on participants. Two additional Roberts Co. construction sites were added to the study. Liverpool Hospital early works, a five-day work week project was added to the study group known as ‘Project 5’. Mount Street Project, a high-rise commercial building operating a six-day work week, was added as a control site to determine the effect, if any, of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of workers. > October 2020 The five-day work week was finalised in the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement between Roberts Co. and the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union. > April 2021 Project 5 interim report issued. > Throughout 2020 and 2021 NSW COVID-19 lockdowns restricted onsite data collection.

> 19 – 30 July 2021 Construction sites were locked down in NSW due to public health orders. Post-lockdown, access to available vaccinated tradespeople was restricted. > July 2021

Data collection ended.

> Late-August 2021 Concord Hospital Redevelopment main works completed (COVID-19 delays extended the program completion by one month).

Figure 1. Concord Hospital Redevelopment Project Overview and Timeline