Hospitals and health care facilities
The dynamic and progressive nature of the health care industry demands facilities that can easily be reconfigured and added to over time.
Why TRUECORE® steel is ideal for hospital and healthcare construction
The design flexibility and adaptability provided by light gauge framing made from TRUECORE® steel offers significant advantages when constructing health care facilities.
Prefabrication and DfMA principles help with calmer construction
For facilities undergoing additions or reconfigurations, work needs to be fast and preferably carried out off-site to minimise disruption to patient care. Prefabricated facade panels and structural framing can minimise the need for scaffolding, waste management, traffic management and on-site installation by trades, thereby helping to reduce safety and waste management issues.
Lightweight and consistently strong
Wall frames, roof trusses and facades made from light gauge TRUECORE® steel are lightweight and strong, offering solutions that help minimise load on existing structures. TRUECORE® steel is made by BlueScope to strict tolerances and is marked to show compliance with all Australian Standards, thickness (BMT), coating class, width and strength.
Shorter project times because of CAD previews
Prefabrication allows project teams to work together to deliver on-site advantages such as timely framing deliveries, more efficient use of labour and minimal disruption to patient care. CAD based framing systems convert architectural plans into machine readable files, including service holes and essential service requirements. Detailed plans are engineered to meet compliance with NCC and all relevant Australian Standards while CAD allows detailed 'previews' in 3D.
How Australia’s builders help meet our health needs with TRUECORE® steel
“The disruption caused and the waste generated at site was reduced. Most significantly, the need to scaffold the whole building was avoided.”
Read how teamwork between builder Erilyan and fabricator Austruss minimised disruption to the patients within this fully operational health facility.
Read how the partnership between builder Manteena and commercial fabricator Austruss, completed this 51 bed COVID-19 Surge Centre within 5 weeks.
Technical resources and brochures
Explore our technical resources, brochures and case studies to learn more about TRUECORE® steel and how to get the most from it on your next project.
