Lyell McEwin Hospital (Australia)

Building IT Management - 2006

I. CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENT / PROJECT CONTEXT

Customer profile:

The Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide, Australia, is an important cornerstone of Australia’s national health service
It has been continually enlarged and expanded since opening in 1959
In 2006, the hospital was undergoing the final phase of a major $85 million redevelopment project to create new departments including an intensive care unit, birthing suite and medical imaging facilities

Customer objective and constraints:
An advanced Building IT management system was needed that could integrate a wide range of complex monitoring subsystems and critical services such as:

Fire and mechanical control
Access control and security intruder detection
Wandering patient alarm system
Intercoms and CCTV
High level interfacing for chillers, diesel generators, power meters, fire panel and specimen handling system

II. SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION

Implementation methodology (main phases):

TAC provided the technical expertise to reduce construction and building management costs
To reduce high cabling costs for multiple networks, TAC proposed a single integrated cable backbone

Solution overview (services, products, systems, architectures...):

TAC’s Building IT solution is an industry first in Australia – and quite possibly the world
It offers total integration with voice, data, video and control systems all residing on a common structured cabling system
The cable backbone offers higher bandwidth to guarantee stable and secure transmission of data

III. RESULTS / ACHIEVEMENT

Customer benefits:

Better security in a comfortable environment
Hospital staff have 24/7 access to building and critical systems information
Lower construction and building management costs
Reduced operating costs
Five-year ROI with systems maintenance management

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