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Modscape partners with industry leaders to deliver new acute mental health facilities.
The Victorian Government has responded to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System with a $492 million investment to deliver 144 new acute public mental health beds. (main pic: Northern Hospital in Epping.)
The new beds, including 120 hospital-based beds and 24 home-based beds, will be delivered across four Victorian health services to address the increased demand on our system as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new hospital-based beds and services will be located at McKellar Centre, North Geelong; Northern Hospital, Epping; Sunshine Hospital, St Albans; The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville.
A key plank of the Government contract was that modular construction and the use of BIM (Building Information Modelling) was mandated to achieve the timelines involved and also harness the long-term efficiency dividends that BIM delivers.
In collaboration with Lendlease, the head contractor, Modscape was appointed as the modular contractor to deliver the new acute mental health facilities at Northern Hospital in Epping. The project also involved: NTC Architects, NH Architecture, Northern Health, Mental Health Reform and the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s North Western Mental Health. The home-based beds will be delivered by Orygen Youth Health.
The project will result in an increase in capacity, reduced pressure on emergency departments, and provide additional support for people experiencing mental illness who require immediate treatment in a contemporary, safe and high-quality setting.
Fully complete, the new hospital-based beds will provide more than 43,000 days of care, enabling 2,500 more Victorians to access vital mental health services every year.
