Alfred Hospital Main Ward Block, Victoria

Melbourne’s $32 million Alfred Hospital Main Ward Block was Hansen & Yuncken’s largest project to date and a precursor many later health projects.

A sandy site, high water table and excavation of 10 to 12 metres provided many challenges for the project team. A well point system was used to drain the site before narrow, deep trenches were excavated and filled with bentonite slurry.

Massive precast panels were craned into these trenches to build the basement walls before the major excavation work began.