The new $3.3 million facility includes separate adult and paediatric waiting areas, 5 new consult rooms, a paediatric observation space, open plan work area, and a sensory garden with native flora chosen in collaboration with Budj Bim National Park, First Nation’s Peoples.
The facility also boasts spacious staff areas, providing dedicated open workspaces for both local staff and the daily visiting mental health teams from Warrnambool.
The building’s design was heavily influenced by the input of staff and consumers with lived experience to ensure that it was fit for purpose and tailored to best practice care.
The facility also features local indigenous artwork, which was selected following a joint expression of interest process held by South West Healthcare and Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation.
The build supported a number of local jobs for local contractors during construction, including:
• Ultra Build Construction Group (Hamilton)
• Murrihy Demolitions (Warrnambool)
• Walkers Earthworks (Hamilton)
• Fitzgerald Concrete (Hamilton)
• Nevcon Structural Steel (Warrnambool)
• Walkers Frames and Trusses (Hamilton)
• Finchetts Plumbing (Hamilton)
• Look Cabling and Solutions (Hamilton)
• Flooring Extra (Hamilton)
• J&P Advanced Plastering (Warrnambool)
• Hammonds Contracting (Warrnambool)
• Vivid Glass (Hamilton)
• Platinum Products (Hamilton)
• Bunnings (Hamilton)
• Permewans Hardware Mitre 10 (Hamilton)
• Warrnambool Locksmiths (Warrnambool)
• Reece (Hamilton)
• BuildPro (Warrnambool)
• Carpet Court (Hamilton)
• S&C VanKalken Fencing (Hamilton)
• Grafix on the Go/ Thomas Race Grafix (Warrnambool); providing benefits to the wider Hamilton and surrounds communities.