Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) is a specialist cancer hospital and research centre located in Melbourne Australia.[1]

It is being constructed on two sites, one adjacent to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Parkville and one inside that hospital. The two sites are joined by pedestrian bridges over Grattan Street.

When it opens (scheduled in 2016) the Centre will accommodate the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, currently located in East Melbourne.[2]

The project was delivered as a public-private partnership, costing $1.2 billion. The consortium selected to deliver the project was Plenary Health, comprising PPP specialist Plenary Group, builders Grocon and PCL, and financiers including National Australia Bank.

In 2015 the Labor government of Daniel Andrews made a controversial alteration to the project, removing a private hospital planned for the centre.[3] The project is expected to be completed on time and on-budget.[4]

The centre will include commercial spaces including four cafes a shop and a pharmacy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.victorianccc.org.au/
  2. ↑ http://www.petermac.org/about-us/our-new-home-parkville
  3. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/fury-as-daniel-andrews-axes-private-peter-maccallum-cancer-centre-hospital-at-victorian-comprehensive-cancer-centre-20150403-1meaff.html
  4. ↑ http://plenarygroup.com/asia-pacific/projects/victorian-comprehensive-cancer-centre.html
  5. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/business/plenary-health-signs-up-cafe-tenants-for-new-cancer-centre-20150714-gibwk9.html

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Coordinates: 37°48′0.8″S 144°57′23.7″E / 37.800222°S 144.956583°E / -37.800222; 144.956583

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