Thompson Healthcare

Northside Constructions

Gartner Trovato

Structural Design
Engineering
Consultancy Services

MPN Sydney
Viktor Mateffy – Project Leader
Catherine Taylor- Senior Engineer

Situated in one of the fastest growing areas in South-West Sydney, Thompson Healthcare’s Oran Park House is a 244 bed aged care facility located in the heart of Oran Park town centre.

A spacious facility, with beautifully appointed single and double suites, as well as a dining, healthcare and entertainment facilities, this residential aged care facility also has basement parking for 68 cars, a free standing chapel (non denominational) and several landscaped courtyards/gardens.

MPN Group were engaged by Thompson Healthcare to deliver structural design, engineering and site services as part of construction and development of the state of the art residential aged-care facility.

Project features include:

• The foundations were designed as screw-pile groups with transfer-caps to support columns and walls
• The three levels of residential aged care was broken up into 5 contiguous blocks due to the scale and geometry of the floor plates (note: the 5 contiguous blocks were stitched back together after the majority of the shrinkage had taken place). The floors were post-tensioned flat plates.
• The roof forms were architecturally emulating a domestic style, framed in steel and timber; though several areas had concrete roofs underneath to house plant and equipment servicing the rooms below.
• 68 car parking spaces in one part-basement.
• A free-standing, modern non-denominational chapel was included in the project scope.