Lyell McEwin Hospital: Introduction to the ECI Model

Hansen Yuncken appointed Managing Contractor for the first stage of Adelaide’s Lyell McEwin Hospital. An emerging procurement model, and a new kind of collaborative team structure was developed for the project, fostering strong team culture driven by project objectives rather than individual interests. Hansen Yuncken was further appointed the second and third stages of the hospital redevelopment.

‘Lyell McEwin Hospital was the first project delivered through the collaborative managing contractor method in South Australia. It was also unusual in that we were measured and incentivised to deliver on things other than normal time/cost/quality parameters.

This included striving for excellence in the level of local employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged people in the community, and on community relations – what local community thought of the project and how we worked with them.

It was an innovative delivery format at the time. The successful delivery of Stage A provided us with a strong platform to then secure both Stage B and Stage C of the hospital, resulting in a 15-year association with the facility. As a business, we took on the challenge and grew with it.’

— Greg Baumann, Project Manager, 2002–2005