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Budget allocation is a regular challenge for construction in the healthcare sector , Maddocks laments . “ Healthcare has always been a political pawn . Money is allocated for capital budgets , but then the operational team tends not to get their budget lifted to meet changing requirements . So they will inherit a brand-new building , but not have the money to fund the resource , either in skills , or equipment , or staff numbers , to look after it . We need a mindset change among the healthcare estate to boost resourcing and look at recruitment to get more leaders and apprentices into our schemes to better maintain them .”
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Australia is at the forefront of driving sustainability practices in construction , as Maddocks explains . “ They ’ re aiming to offset the country ’ s coal usage and so have been focused on carbon neutral buildings .” Opened in 2011 , Cundall acted as a technical advisor to the government on the BREEAM Outstanding Royal Children ’ s Hospital in Melbourne , based on the hospital ’ s need for a family-centred care model
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