Tennant Creek Hospital
A compliant, low-disruption water softener system delivered in a live hospital environment.
Tennant Creek Hospital
Services
Softener system; acid and chlorination
Overview
Challenge
The Tennant Creek Hospital project demanded precision, sensitivity, and seamless coordination across all phases of delivery. As an operational healthcare facility, even minor disruptions to water supply or noise levels had the potential to impact patient care, compromise safety, and interfere with essential hospital operations.
What we faced:
- Essential Services Sensitivity: Hospitals require uninterrupted water access, disruptions can affect patient care, hygiene, and daily operations.
- Regulatory Compliance: Chlorination dosing needed to meet strict Department of Health standards to ensure safe and compliant water quality.
- Operational Disruption Risk: Construction works had to be carefully managed to minimise noise, movement, and safety risks for patients, staff, and visitors.
Solution
For Tennant Creek Hospital, we delivered a water softener system designed for compliance and ease of serviceability. We worked closely with hospital management to schedule works around patient care, implemented strict isolation and testing procedures, and ensured the system could be maintained easily without specialist intervention.
How We Delivered:
- Close Collaboration: We worked closely with hospital management to schedule works outside of critical and high-demand periods, implementing strict isolation and testing procedures to maintain the water supply.
- Tailored Design: In collaboration with the Client and Design Consultants, we developed a simplified, durable softener system using compliant dosing and robust materials.
- Quiet Execution: We scheduled works around patient care routines, used low-noise equipment, and maintained strict site containment to avoid disruption.
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