The new Royal Children's Hospital in Victoria, with Bovis Lend Lease, has celebrated the 'topping off' or structural completion of the buildings.

The last major concrete pour of the three buildings that make up stage one of the new Royal Children's Hospital, the Inpatient Building, the East Building and the West Building was completed this month.

The project is being delivered under the state's Partnership's Victoria framework by the CHP consortium. The consortium comprises International Public Partnerships as sponsors, Bovis Lend Lease as contractor, Spotless Group as facilities manager and architects Billard Leece, Bates Smart and HKS.

The $1 billion project currently employs 1,000 construction workers on site and this is expected to grow to 2,000 as construction peaks in the next six months.

"This is a vital project for the state," says Bovis Lend Lease general manager – Victoria/South Australia/Tasmania, Geoff Moore. "Bovis Lend Lease has a significant track record in the delivery of health infrastructure throughout Australia, with major hospital projects in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. We are utilising this expertise in the Australian health care sector, as well as international experience, to deliver an outstanding facility for the people of Victoria."