Fiona Stanley Hospital | Perth, AU

Fiona Stanley Hospital | Perth, AU
Completion Date: 2014

Project Overview

Fiona Stanley Hospital is a state-of-the-art hospital located in Perth, Australia. Opened in stages from October 2014 to February 2015, the hospital covers four city blocks and is the largest building project ever undertaken by the government of the state of Western Australia.

Why CPP

We were tasked with evaluating the building’s design with respect to air quality, cladding strength, and outdoor comfort. CPP’s engineering team built a 1:300 scale model of the hospital and its surroundings, including the State Rehabilitation Centre. Our team then used CPP’s boundary-layer wind tunnel to evaluate several different structural and environmental questions.

Our engineers measured wind pressure distributions across the hospital’s façade to ensure that the proposed cladding design could survive high wind speeds. CPP’s air quality experts evaluated sources of contamination and odors. By measuring concentrations of pollutants at various locations around the site, our air quality team validated the mechanical ventilation design where it was effective and recommended mitigation steps for situations deemed hazardous.

Finally, CPP’s engineering team took detailed wind speed measurements at critical locations in and around the modelled hospital campus and compared the measurements with the most widely accepted comfort criteria. We recommended mitigation measures for some locations that exhibited excessively windy conditions.

By working with CPP’s environmental and structural experts during the design phase, the designers of Fiona Stanley Hospital ensured the health, safety, and comfort of the hospital’s occupants, both indoors and outdoors.