Western Integrated Network | NSW Health and Sydney West AHS

Capital Insight was Program Director and Project Manager for the $200 million Western Integrated Network (WIN) Stage 1 Program, a major reorganisation and redevelopment of health services and facilities in Western Sydney.  Stage 1 of the WIN Program involved a mix of new buildings and refurbishment work at Westmead Hospital as follows:

  • Allied Health Therapies - incorporating a rehabilitation gymnasium, hydrotherapy pool, speech pathology voice laboratory, therapy treatment courtyard, consultation and treatment rooms and office accommodation

  • Bone Marrow Transplant and Haematology Unit - 1,000 square metres of refurbished space including a secure monitoring station, ten transplant beds, two sing rooms for infectious patients, nine standard single rooms and two two-bed rooms, featuring an advanced room pressurisation system and highly-specialised HEPA filtered airconditioning

  • Brain Injury Unit Transitional Living Unit - an extension to the existing Brain Injury Unit, the lower level of the facility included a kitchen, four bedrooms, bathrooms, dining. living, laundry and courtyard areas. The upper level included office accommodation, tutorial rooms and interview rooms

  • Cancer Care Centre - a 6,000 square metre unit includes an existing radiation oncology facility collocated with the new brachytherpary unit, consulting suites, day care suite, satellite pharmacy, and a new PET suite

  • Cooling Tower Replacement - construction of new towers adjacent to the old towers while they remained operational, with the changeover process occurring overnight

  • Critical Care Centre - a new 39-bed intensive care and neuroscience trauma high dependency unit

  • Decanting - this complex redevelopment involved the management of more than 80 relocations

  • Engineering Services - upgrades to infrastructure including a pneumatic tube system, replacement of BMS, chilled water and hot water pipe upgrade, new fire control room, staircase pressurisation, new medical suction system plan and reticulation networks, sub-mains, emergency generator sets, security systems and main switch boards, new lifts and lift upgrades

  • Physical Containment Laboratory (PC4 Lab) - a new laboratory, administration area, waste treatment plant, plus an air-handling and plant room.  The facility incorporates a pneumatically-operated stainless steel door, decontamination showers with shower-in and shower-out areas

  • Renal - redevelopment of the existing 2,400 square metre renal, urology and transplant comprehensive clinical centre including a 32-bed integrated inpatient ward, a 15-bed renal dialysis unit, ambulatory treatment and general department accommodation

  • Secure Transit Lounge - a 150 square metre facility provides holding cells for prisoners requiring medical attention and was constructed to Corrective Services standards, including a complex interlock system. It includes three two-person rooms and two single rooms each with its own ensuite

  • Women's Health and Newborn Centre - a 10,000 square metre new building and refurbishment of current building included a new reception, 4-bed maternity day stay suite, 13 birthing suites, a 24-cot neonatal intensive care unit, a 20-cot special care nursery, 41-bed post-natal unit, 15 bed pre-natal unit, a 15-bed gynaecology unit and a new medical helipad on the rooftop.