The project will provide facilities for the provision of services in accordance with the RCH service plan and business case. In addition, it will provide facilities for the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics.
The RCH Business Case (2005) describes the size and scope of the project as:
• encompassing approximately 96 000 square metres in gross floor area, an increase of 9.4 per cent over the existing area of 87 200 square metres
• providing an increase of 25 per cent in gross departmental area for clinical and clinical support
• transferring services currently provided offsite into the new facility, such as parent accommodation, mental health inpatient beds, ambulatory mental health services, the Neonatal Emergency Transport Service and the Centre for Adolescent Health
• including over 20 000 square metres in space for the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne's Department of Paediatrics.