Regional facilities 23 January 2024

Builder appointed for next stage: Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment

The Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment is progressing, with the new Regional Logistics Distribution Centre (RLDC) reaching practical completion, and a builder appointed to deliver early works on the redevelopment.

The builder of the RLDC, Hansen Yuncken, will deliver the next stage of the $384.2 million Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment.

Site preparations are already underway at the hospital. Early works, starting with services upgrades and relocations, are on track to start next month.

South West Healthcare will start moving its commercial linen and healthcare supply services to the RLDC from February. Relocating services to the new off-site facility will free up space at the main hospital campus for the massive redevelopment.

State-of-the-art warehousing technology

The RLDC features an automated storage and retrieval system that robotically picks and delivers items to workers at ergonomically designed stations. From here, items get packed for distribution.

The technology will help streamline the distribution of healthcare supplies and linen to more than 50 health providers in the region. It also provides a safer and modernised working environment for health service workers.

In this video, take a look at the new RLDC.

Warrnambool’s Regional Logistics Distribution Centre completed

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[Text on screen: Construction of the new Regional Logistics Distribution Centre (RLDC) in Warrnambool is now complete]

[Images: Sweeping aerial views of the new centre amongst its surrounding suburbs]

[Text on screen: The RLDC features state-of-the-art robotic warehousing technology]

[Images: A mechanised production line inside the new facility, followed by large red signage 'Robot Entry Area']

[Text on screen: which will streamline the distribution of healthcare supplies and linen across western Victoria]

[Images: Montage of different aspects of the facility, including hundreds of delivery containers, machinery, production line and another aerial view of the facility]

[Text on screen: Site preparations are now underway for the next stage of the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment]

[Images: Aerial view of the current Warrnambool Base Hospital]

[Text on screen: with a builder appointed for early works]

[Images: View of the foreshore of Warrnambool's main beach]

[Text on screen: The redevelopment will deliver a new multi-storey clinical services building]

[Images: View of Lake Pertobe]

[Text on screen: with more beds, more theatres and a bigger emergency department]

[Images: Wide aerial view of hospital and surrounding suburbs]

[Text on screen: Your bigger, better Warrnambool Base Hospital is on track to be finished in 2027]

[Images: Aerial view of hospital entrance followed by aerial of main beach foreshore]

[Images: Screen with 'In partnership with South West Healthcare (logo) and Hansen Yuncken (logo)']

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

[End of transcript]

About the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment

The redevelopment will give people in south-west Victoria access to world-class healthcare facilities, close to home. A new multi-storey hospital tower will deliver: