title: Gold standard for Gold Coast facility.
abstract: Bill Geerlings, CEng, FIHEEM, FIHEA, BHA NSW, project director, on the A$1.76 billion Gold Coast University Hospital in Southport, Queensland, describes how the team behind the new healthcare facility arrived at a design and plans for a hospital, due for completion late in 2012, that will not only provide modern, well-equipped patient, staff, and visitor facilities, but will also score highly on sustainability, urban design excellence, good access, innovation, and future-proofing.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geerlings
mesh_terms: D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction / Q000379:methods; D006785:Hospitals, University; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011793:Queensland