As part of the Westmead Redevelopment project, Multiplex was required to provide safe, uninterrupted public access through the existing Temporary Linkway which bisects the site. In addition to providing a public thoroughfare, this Temporary Linkway facilitates patient transfers between the existing Westmead Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, and is critical to stakeholder operations. It was therefore imperative to ensure all risks and impacts to this access were adequately considered and mitigated. Given that the Temporary Linkway was in-situ from the start of the project, the staging of the works needed to consider all phases of construction activities, from planning of excavation and in-ground works, tower crane erections, forming and pouring of structure, fitout, and through to the demolition phase of the temporary containers. There was a high degree of inherent risk in maintaining critical patient transfers through the site footprint during construction. In order to effectively address these risks, Multiplex adopted a multi-faceted approach to risk reduction. The three main pillars on which this approach was founded, Construction Planning, Awareness through High Risk Workshops, and stakeholder consultation, resulting delivering the end result safely.