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| New Royal Children's Hospital reaches structural completion The new Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria has celebrated a significant construction milestone with Bovis Lend Lease celebrating the 'topping off' or structural completion of the buildings. The last major concrete pour of the three buildings that make up stage one of the new Royal Children's Hospital, the Inpatient Building, the East Building and the West Building was completed this month. This achievement was celebrated with the traditional placing of a tree, a Norfolk Island Pine (araucaria heteyophylla) on the top of the East building. In a gesture symbolic of the project's requirement to ensure no net loss of parkland, the tree will eventually be planted in the adjoining park. The project is being delivered under the state's Partnerships Victoria framework by the CHP consortium. The consortium comprises International Public Partnerships as sponsors, Bovis Lend Lease as contractor, Spotless Group as facilities manager and architects Billard Leece, Bates Smart and HKS (US). write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |