The Very Best of Care

Storage Solutions for new Royal Adelaide Hospital

THE CHALLENGE

The $1.85 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital is the single largest in­fra­struc­ture project in the state’s history and a landmark un­der­tak­ing for Bosco Storage Solutions and parent company Wilson & Gilkes, which designed, man­u­fac­tured and supplied more than $2 million of com­mer­cial storage cabinets to the new facility.
“We chose Wilson & Gilkes as the people who could deliver the right product in the quan­ti­ties we wanted,” says Rob Whittaker, Project Co­or­di­na­tor South Australia with Zenith Interiors, which won the tender to supply all the work­sta­tions and as­so­ci­at­ed storage for the hospital and partnered with Wilson & Gilkes to supply the robust Bosco metal storage units.
The re­la­tion­ship between Bosco and Zenith spans more than 20 years: “Zenith provides or­gan­i­sa­tions in Australia with new and in­no­v­a­tive ways to engage their employees by creating spaces with products that are func­tion­al, appealing and forward thinking,” explains Wilson & Gilkes Sales Manager James Hunt. “Bosco’s premium quality supported by flexible Aus­tralian design and man­u­fac­tur­ing is a perfect match for Zenith.”

I was very impressed with the con­sis­tent quality of the product, and the ability to meet the schedule we set up in the early stages

– Rob Whittaker
Project Co­or­di­na­tor, Zenith Interiors

PROJECT GOAL

Five years in con­struc­tion, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital was designed by STHDI, and managed by HYLCJV. As part of its spec­i­fi­ca­tion and tendering process the hospital required the fab­ri­ca­tion and supply of 858 tambour door storage units and 713 custom-designed hamper units for the hospital’s ad­min­is­tra­tion offices. Key spec­i­fi­ca­tions for the cabinets included the ability to withstand the rigours of the hospital en­vi­ron­ment and function with the existing filing system. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the storage units needed to be man­u­fac­tured in Australia to enable quick lead-times for future ad­di­tion­al orders and cus­tomi­sa­tion, and to support the local economy.

THE PROCESS

The Bosco units were selected after an extensive tender process, followed by an ex­haus­tive pro­to­typ­ing and as­sess­ment phase. The hamper units in par­tic­u­lar were work­shopped with the input of STHDI, and multiple shop-drawings and pro­to­types were produced to refine the end result.
“Wilson & Gilkes uses hi-tech precision-automated equipment in con­junc­tion with a team of ex­pe­ri­enced designers and engineers who can produce a Bosco solution to suit the client,” Wilson & Gilkes Sales Manager James Hunt explains. “As the project evolved, there were some changes that created a re­quire­ment for a cus­tomised storage unit. Bosco designers worked with Zenith to produce an initial sample and then moved on to supply a high-quality storage solution that is now being used in the out­stand­ing new  RAH facility.”

BOSCO CENTURION

The Centurion is an aluminium tambour door cabinet with three locking points for optimal security. Bosco’s storage solutions are renowned for their build quality and security and the 1mm aluminium slats and abloy lock system doesn’t dis­ap­point. The full-height 1980mm unit ac­com­mo­dates seven levels of lateral filming including a rollout reference shelf. The pow­der­coat finish ships in standard or custom colours, and a range of ac­ces­sories are available including lockable castors and more.

 

THE SOLUTION

Bosco man­u­fac­tured a total of 1571 steel storage cabinets for col­lec­tion, in­ter­state delivery and in­stal­la­tion by Zenith through­out the massive RAH complex. Laid end-to-end, the cabinets cover extend to more than 1.4km and were produced at a rate of 100-120 units per week over a period of 14 weeks.
The Bosco Centurion tambour door cabinets were produced in 1980mm and 1260mm heights, and the Centurion cabinets at 1260mm high. The cabinets all carry a 10-year warranty and Good En­vi­ron­men­tal Choice Australia (GECA) en­dorse­ment, and are con­struct­ed in robust steel. The tambour door cabinets offer ad­justable shelving and secure 1mm left-to-right opening aluminium doors with a three-point lock mechanism for increased security, full flush length handle design and ad­justable levelling feet. The Centurion units feature three in­di­vid­u­al­ly lockable doors, two slotted shelves, three storage levels, two dividers per shelf.

THE OUTCOME

“I was very impressed with the con­sis­tent quality of the product, and the ability to meet the schedule we set up in the early stages. Wilson & Gilkes produced what they said they’d produce, when they said they’d produce it, so we could get it on the site in a timely manner,” says Rob Whittaker.