Sunshine Coast Public University Hospital PPP Project

The Exemplar Health consortium (Lendlease, Spotless, Siemens and Capella Capital) was awarded the contract to design, build, finance and maintain Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) at Kawana (Birtinya) on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

As Queensland’s first health PPP, SCUH opened on schedule to the first public patients in March 2017. It began with 450 overnight beds and has expanded to approximately 738 beds. The hospital delivers a full range of tertiary services and is estimated to keep around 10,000 patients each year from having to travel to Brisbane for complex treatment.

Over the 25-year concession (operating term commenced November 2016 / commercial acceptance of Stage 1, running to approximately 2041), Exemplar Health provides facility management services that support the public operator, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service (SCHHS). These include building maintenance, help desk and room booking, security, pest control, car parking and grounds & gardens maintenance. The hospital now serves a catchment of roughly 450,000 people on the Sunshine Coast and Gympie and continues to expand clinical capability (including neurosurgery from early 2026 and cardiothoracic surgery from mid-2026).