The $180 million Lower Mid North Coast Health Service project is a NSW Government project that is delivering expanded, contemporary healthcare infrastructure for Taree and the wider Manning Valley.
This includes the Manning Base Hospital – Stage 2 redevelopment, which features a new clinical services building. The new building will provide inpatient facilities, coronary care, pharmacy and pathology spaces, a new mortuary and improved connections with the existing hospital. It also includes an additional level that will enable health services to expand in the future. Construction is being carefully planned so the hospital can remain operational throughout the works, with completion expected in 2028.
Maintaining cost clarity through a complex scope
Health Infrastructure engaged WT to provide post-contract quantity surveying services during the redevelopment.
Our role includes assessing progress claims and variations, preparing monthly cost reports, and carefully managing changes to the project’s scope and budget. This disciplined approach provides the client with clear, current cost information to support decisions as construction progresses.
The project has required particular care because the complexity of the scope, with delivery also involving the temporary relocation of pathology, creating additional commercial and coordination considerations on an operational hospital site.
We have responded with a hands-on approach and sustained senior oversight, helping the team understand the project’s evolving requirements, address its initial complexities and maintain consistent commercial advice. We are also tracking the project’s budget movements through detailed cost reporting and the Health Infrastructure portal, creating a transparent record of changes and their financial impacts.
Supporting accountable delivery and community value
The redevelopment remains underway. WT’s ongoing cost management is helping Health Infrastructure maintain visibility over expenditure, variations and scope changes while protecting the value of this significant public investment.
Once complete, the redevelopment will give patients, families, carers and healthcare workers access to modern, connected facilities. It is expected to improve access to local health services, support contemporary models of care and deliver lasting benefits for communities across the Manning Valley and Lower Mid North Coast.
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