About Project

The scale of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital development cannot be underemphasized. It is the most prominent hospital ever to be built in Australia and the single largest infrastructure project undertaken in South Australia’s history, reaching an astonishing cost of $AUD 1.8 billion.

LOCATION : Australia

SERVICE : Feasibility & Viability Consultancy, Contract & Commercial Management

VALUE : USD 1.78 billion

SIZE : 800 Beds

CLIENT : SA Department of Health (Public Hospital)

TYPE : Healthcare / PPP

Overview

The design of the hospital was very complex and was only 70% developed upon contract signing.

Kingston played a key role and was considered to be the mainstay of the project.

During the foundation construction, severe contamination was found, which greatly delayed the erection of the upper buildings. Another significant delay was due to changes made in how the construction was to be executed.

Constructability reviews were carried out but the large number of subcontractors did not always get carried through, as well as numerous irregularities and delays occurred due to the planning software used.

The state government accepted the hospital in September 2017.