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Opal Bathurst (Riverview) is a new 164-bed residential aged care facility on a greenfield site in Bathurst, catering for high care and dementia-specific services.
Delivered for Opal HealthCare with a project value of $36 million, the facility comprises 128 single rooms with ensuites and 18 companion rooms, along with public and entrance areas, service entry, private rooms, a hair salon and café.
The site presented challenging infrastructure and environmental issues — including contamination, high-voltage services and local environmental sensitivities — requiring careful monitoring throughout construction to meet Opal’s completion timeframe.
Signature Project Management engaged and managed the multi-disciplinary consultant team across the project, including due diligence during site acquisition, management of the DA and Council approval, design and project management, and superintendent services under AS4902 Design & Construct. Development approval was obtained within eight months — with SPM’s role in the DA approval and Council liaison a pivotal factor in the project’s success — and construction was completed in early 2019.