Building Guild was engaged by IVF Australia and Australian Unity to deliver
a complex mechanical upgrade, a structural rooftop enclosure and a
multi-level fit-out at 176 Pacific Highway.
The project involved the replacement of rooftop mechanical air conditioning units, AHU’s & CPU’s using multiple crane lifts, all while ensuring the hospital and laboratories remained fully operational. This required meticulous planning and execution to minimize disruptions to staff, patients, and critical medical services.
In addition to the mechanical upgrades, Building Guild completed a high-quality three-level fit-out, designed to enhance functionality and create a modern, comfortable environment for both patients and medical professionals. Close collaboration with IVF Australia and key stakeholders ensured the project met strict NSW healthcare standards and operational requirements.
Through detailed coordination, adaptive scheduling, and expert execution, Building Guild successfully delivered a seamless project, balancing technical complexity with the highest standards of safety and service continuity.
Key Challenges:
— Multiple mechanical AHU & CPU change-overs without altering temperatures or climates within the laboratories and day hospital
— Overhaul of segregate floors & areas to allow multiple electrical shutdowns to minimize and future-proof any individual areas
— Day-hospital appointments
— Coordinating multiple crane lifts in a live hospital environment
— Maintaining undisturbed power to medical fridges containing live embryos inside the laboratories
— Precise scheduling to minimize disruptions to critical services
— Compliance with strict NSW healthcare
— New structural rooftop shed addition
— Including new rooftop waterproof membrane
— New roof & wall sheeting to structural steel to enclose
Work involved:
— Scaffolding
— Façade Brickwork
— Spandrel rebuild
— Waterproofing
— Steel remediation
— Structural Steel
— Cranage / Road closures
— Roofing
— Live Environment
— Full mechanical upgrade
— Fit-out of day hospital
— Coordinating with medical labs
