Mercy Ascot Integrated Hospitals – Cancer Care Facility
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Mercy Ascot Integrated Hospitals – Cancer Care Facility
Occupation Date: 2008
Client: Mercy Ascot Integrated Hospitals
Auckland Radiation Oncology
New Zealand’s first private Radiation Oncology Centre. The new build consists of two Linear Accelerator bunkers with associated clinical spaces, a café, and a linked two level carpark.
RCP have been involved in site master planning and the Cancer Care Centre design from early 2005 providing Project Management, Contract Administration and Project Programming.
The development, due for completion September 2008, proved challenging, given a confined, fully operational hospital site with business as usual continuation imperative. Other site constraints included strict planning rules with height and view shaft limitations.
Geotechnical issues on the site generally proved to have solid rock where excavation was required and poor material where good founding pressures were needed.
The construction of the Bunkers required an 18 tonne plate of steel located precisely above the Linear Accelerator, encased within up to 2.5m thick concrete walls and ceilings. The facility was initially planned for one bunker, however an additional bunker has been completed and Linac installed within the contract period. Initial high levels of patient interest has proven this decision.
