Ongoing project management and advisory services for the staged delivery and expansion of one of Queensland’s largest private hospital developments.
Gold Coast Private Hospital
A multi-stage development program.
Gold Coast Private Hospital is a major private healthcare facility within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, co-located with Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University.
From 2011 to 2026, RCP provided continuous project management and advisory services to Healthscope, supporting the delivery and staged expansion of one of the largest and most complex private hospital developments undertaken in Queensland.
Stage 1 – New Hospital Development
Stage 1 delivered a new, purpose-built private hospital of approximately 50,000 square metres, opening in 2015. The facility comprised 284 licensed inpatient beds, 13 operating theatres including two catheter laboratories, a 24-hour emergency department and a comprehensive range of medical and surgical specialties. Integrated car parking and extensive back-of-house clinical services were delivered as part of the stage.
RCP was engaged from project inception, overseeing early planning, consultant procurement, construction, commissioning and occupation under a fast-tracked design and construct delivery model. A defining feature of
RCP’s role was active problem-solving for the client, including managing high-risk procurement strategies, complex stakeholder interfaces and precinct-wide coordination.
Stage 2 – Vertical Expansion
Following completion of Stage 1, RCP was re-engaged to deliver Stage 2, a significant vertical expansion completed in 2018. This phase added additional inpatient beds and eight new operating theatres, together with cold-shell capacity to enable future growth. Stage 2 was delivered directly above and adjacent to live clinical environments, requiring careful staging and sequencing to maintain uninterrupted hospital services.
Stage 3a – Targeted Expansion and Optimisation
Stage 3a formed part of Healthscope’s longer-term development strategy and focused on targeted capacity expansion and optimisation of existing clinical areas within the established hospital footprint. RCP’s ongoing involvement ensured alignment with the original master planning framework while adapting delivery strategies to respond to evolving clinical and operational requirements.
Cath-lab refurbishment
Most recently, RCP supported the delivery of a catheter laboratory refurbishment, upgrading specialist cardiac diagnostic and interventional facilities within the fully operational hospital. The works were tightly coordinated around live clinical activity, infection control requirements and patient safety to maintain continuity of critical cardiac services.
Across all stages, RCP has provided project management and specialist programming services, acting as a consistent point of leadership, coordination and client advocacy.
RCP understood our specific needs. They were able to mitigate significant risk to Healthscope while maintaining a harmonious team environment.
