RCP managed the development from inception to completion, coordinating design, procurement, construction and commissioning, and the exacting demands of building heavily reinforced radiotherapy bunkers next to an operating clinic. Rather than start from scratch, the project reused and seismically strengthened an adjacent office building and connected it into one integrated centre, opening the way for the future CT suite. Working with ARO, Focusplan and Argon Construction, the team steered long lead times for specialist equipment and tight regulatory approvals, and lowered the six-tonne linear accelerator into its bunker through a temporary opening in the roof.
The centre was delivered on time and on budget, lifting ARO's capacity and cutting wait times from the day it opened, with room to grow as the second accelerator comes online. For patients and their whānau, advanced cancer care now sits on their side of the city.
