PROJECT FEATURE
NETCARE
CHRISTIAAN BARNARD
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
T
he Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital (CBMH)
was originally located in the centre of the Cape Town City
Bowl and is one of the oldest private hospitals in Cape
Town. The hospital prides itself as a centre of excellence in cardiac
services and transplantation.
The hospital is described as ‘super specialised’ and this is best
defined by comparison:
A building audit revealed that renovating the existing building
was simply not viable. The risks and challenges of completing
major renovations on a 17-storey building, whilst still running a
busy hospital, were significant. After considering the significant
advantages of a new build in terms of flow, space utilisation,
efficiency, technology, future growth & sustainability, Netcare
decided to relocate in November 2009.
• A conventional 250 bed start-up hospital requires approximately
20,000m2 and typically comprises of 5 to 6 theatres, 20 ICU/HCU
beds, 10 NNICU cots and 35 medical doctors and specialists.
• CBMH is a 248 bed ‘super specialised’ hospital accommodated
in approximately 28,000m2 and comprises 11 theatres, 2 cardiocatherisation laboratories, 61 specialised beds and 110 medical
doctors and specialists.
Site Selection
One of the conditions set by the Department of Health was that
the new hospital had to be located within the City Bowl, and after
extensive consultation, 36 sites were considered. Three sites
were shortlisted and eventually the Foreshore on the corner of
Rue Bartholomew Diaz and DF Malan streets emerged as the
single favoured site.
RENOVATE OR RELOCATE
The project started in July 2007 when a mandate was received
to investigate whether Netcare should renovate or relocate the
hospital. The existing hospital was built in 1969 as a commercial
building and was never originally designed as a hospital but
converted into one 26 years ago.
Location
Situated on Erf 247 and located on Cape Town’s Northern
Foreshore, the site is one of a number of new developments to
have taken place in the Roggebaai precinct during recent years,
with all having significantly contributed to the gradual improvement
of the area. Neighbouring sites include the recent CTICC Phase 2,
DEVELOPERS
Georgiou Group
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Ekcon Consulting Engineers
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS
Chand Environmental Consultants
AVIATION CONSULTANTS
Challenge Air
TENANT
Netcare Healthcare Holdings Limited
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
Rawlins Wales Cape
HEALTH & SAFETY CONSULTANTS
Frontline Safety Health & Environmental
Consultants (Developer)
Saftek (Netcare)
MARINE CONSULTANTS
PRDW
PROJECT MANAGERS
SIP Project Managers (Developer)
Mbatha Walters & Simpson (Netcare)
ARCHITECTS
Fabian Architects (Developer)
BSM Architects (Netcare)
BVA Architecture (Netcare)
QUANTITY SURVEYORS
Quanticost (Developer)
Mbatha Walters & Simpson (Netcare)
TOWN PLANNERS
@Planning Town Planning
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Spoormaker & Partners Inc
WET SERVICES
Qunu Consulting
FIRE CONSULTANTS
Chimera Fire Protection Consultants
HEALTH CONSULTANTS
EMKE
HAZARD CONSULTANTS
MHR Consultants
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS
Techso
LIFT CONSULTANT
TÜV SÜD South Africa Real Estate Services
LAND SURVEYORS
Biff Lewis Geomatics
WIND CONSULTANTS
De Villiers Sheard
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Machoy Acoustics
PEER REVIEW STUDY
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
ARTWORK & EXHIBITION
Form Space Content
Juliet White
Marco Cianfanelli Studio
SYNERGY WEBSITE PROVIDER
Iqela Software Solutions
MAIN CONTRACTOR
WBHO Construction
PHOTOGRAPHY
Fiona Barclay Smith
Neil Weiderman
Christiaan Barnard