Two tower cranes supporting the delivery of the new Shellharbour Hospital will officially be known as ‘Shane’ and ‘Anita Lift’ after being named by two local school students.
The ‘Name the Cranes’ competition received close to 130 creative entries from school children across the region, providing the community’s youngest residents with the chance to engage in the new Shellharbour Hospital.
Seven-year-old Shellharbour Public School student Zoe Green who came up with the name ‘Shane’ and seven-year-old Lainey Anger from Primbee Public School who picked the name ‘Anita Lift’ were announced as the winners of the ‘Name the Cranes’ competition.
The students were today joined by the Member for Shellharbour, Anna Watson MP, for a special presentation on site.
‘Shane’ is the combination of the first two letters of Shellharbour and last three letters of ‘Crane’ together, while ‘Anita Lift’ is a play on words and sounds like ‘I need a lift’ when said fast.
The winning names, ‘Shane’ and ‘Anita Lift,’ will be prominently displayed on the cranes, with both cranes now installed. The two cranes stand at 52 and 45 metres high and can be seen across Shellharbour as they tower over the site and work to build the seven-storey structure.
The successful entries were selected by representatives from Health Infrastructure, BESIX Watpac, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and Savills Project Management.
The new hospital is part of the over $780 million New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services Project, which also includes improvements to Wollongong Hospital, a refurbishment of Bulli Hospital and a new Community Health Centre on a portion of land at the former Port Kembla Hospital site at Warrawong.
The project is expected to support around 800 direct jobs during construction, with the potential to support thousands of indirect jobs over the life of the project.
Construction is expected to be completed in 2027.
Information and updates on the New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services can be found here: www.shellharbourdevelopment.health.nsw.gov.au
Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park:
“This new Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services Project represents the significant investment in our region and sets us up for a future where quality healthcare is on our doorstep.
“Congratulations to Zoe Green and Lainey Anger and thank you to all students who submitted a creative entry. It was fantastic to see so many schools embrace the opportunity to help name our new cranes, as we progress construction of the new Shellharbour Hospital.”
Member for Shellharbour Anna Watson:
“It’s great to see the new Shellharbour Hospital progressing, which will transform health services in the Illawarra and will deliver better health outcomes for our local community now and into the future.
“Thank you to everyone who entered the name the crane competition, which is a wonderful way to engage and involve school children in an important project for our community.”