HUTCHIES’ A QUARTERLY MAGA ZINE FOR HUTCHINSON BUILDERS
MAY 2025
The new Camooweal Primary Health Care Centre perched near the Queensland/Northern Territory border to service the far north-western community. A NEW comprehensive community healthcare centre to service the remote north-western region of Queensland has been delivered by Hutchies to Camooweal, perched near the Queensland/Northern Territory border. The Camooweal Primary Health Care Centre was designed and built at Hutchies’ modular yard at Yatala then trucked 2,000 km to its location – 169 km west of Mount Isa and just 12 km inside the state border. The logistics of delivery involved coordinating 30 trucks, pilots, and permits, with the 22 prefabricated modules installed on site in a day and the entire project completed within 13 weeks from installation date. Hutchies’ team collaborated with local Indigenous landowners, specifically the Indjalandji-Dhidhanu people, who contributed civil, landscape, and artwork services. They also provided accommodation and meals for Hutchies and its subcontractors.
New medical outpost for remote corner of the north west Outback The Camooweal health centre rebuild, with upgraded emergency care and resuscitation rooms, multiple consultation, clinical and meeting areas, will improve the delivery of care. With enhanced staff facilities, the centre also is designed to attract and retain healthcare professionals in the region while reducing long-term maintenance costs. Rooms will have the capacity to be consultation and meeting spaces, and convert to clinical rooms with minimal disruption when needed. In addition to its advanced medical infrastructure, the new clinic incorporates sustainable environmental features such as solar
The new clinic incorporates advanced medical The welcoming reception area at the new infrastructure to improve the delivery of care. Camooweal Primary Health Care Centre.
panels, updated water tanks, and a generator, reflecting the latest in building technology. The project involved the demolition of the existing healthcare facility, including staff accommodation buildings. This investment in long-lasting infrastructure will reduce costs in the future and enable Camooweal and the north-western community to benefit from high-quality care. Construction of the new facility was part of the state’s Building Rural and Remote Health Program.
• Hutchies’ historical Camooweal connection – See Page 9. A CHANCE meeting of Jack Hutchinson Jnr (left) and Grant Menzies, general manager of Adina Watches, at the 2023 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards, resulted in Hutchies’ wrist watches being created as 15-year service award gifts. • Full story Page 24