Cairns Hospital Expansion Project (CHEP)
Project Overview
Cairns Hospital Expansion Project (CHEP)

Client: Queensland Health / Lendlease
Location: Cairns, Queensland
Project Overview:
The Cairns Hospital Expansion Project significantly increased the capacity and capability of Far North Queensland’s largest tertiary healthcare facility, delivering new clinical infrastructure to support growing regional demand and improve access to specialist health services.
Working within an operational hospital campus required meticulous planning and staged construction methodologies to ensure patient care, emergency services and critical hospital operations continued without interruption throughout delivery.
Endfire Engineering delivered specialist fire protection services across the expansion works, providing integrated life safety systems designed to meet the demanding performance requirements of a modern healthcare environment.
The project incorporated:
- Automatic fire sprinkler protection
- Fire detection and alarm systems
- Emergency warning systems
- Fire hydrants and hose reels
- Fire service infrastructure
- Building services coordination
- Testing and commissioning
- Compliance certification
Healthcare projects require considerably more than compliance with building codes. Fire protection systems must integrate with complex mechanical, electrical and clinical services while maintaining reliability in environments where occupants may have limited mobility and evacuation procedures differ significantly from commercial buildings.
Successful delivery relied on close coordination with hospital representatives, consultants and multiple construction disciplines to ensure all fire protection systems operated seamlessly within the broader hospital infrastructure.
The Cairns Hospital Expansion further demonstrates Endfire Engineering’s capability in delivering sophisticated fire protection solutions for live healthcare environments where reliability, coordination and patient safety are paramount.
What our clients say
Joel Albertson
The experience was fantastic. We experienced challenges with our requirements, documentation, and interface with the NTFRS. Endfire provided the services required to deliver a quality product that met the challenges and met the NTFRS and appropriate national and international standards. The customer experience with Endfire is world class. Mat and his team delivered an end result which worked and overcame substantial challenges. Endfire always succeeds. Great team.
Dan
Good communication under difficult circumstances. Knowledgeable staff that understand compliance and the code requirements. Performance under fire and urgency as well. Good to work with good people of difficult projects. When everyone aligns with the same purpose it’s very satisfying to deliver projects with a good group of contractors. Endfire were standouts with their professional conduct and expertise and get sh-t done attitude. Would consider them friends after the job was handed over which is rare in business.
Ryan Eck
Working with Tom and his team has been a great experience. Their professionalism, technical expertise, and proactive approach have made a significant contribution to the success of the hospital project thus far. The team consistently demonstrates strong communication, keeping all stakeholders informed while responding quickly and effectively to any challenges that arise. Their collaborative mindset and willingness to find practical solutions ensure that progress is maintained without compromising quality or compliance. In a complex live hospital environment, they have delivered their services safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption — a testament to both their planning and execution capabilities. I would confidently recommend Endfire to any organization seeking a dependable, knowledgeable, and high-performing fire services contractor.
Endfire is a true project partner who consistently offers a proactive approach to their works, program and project design. EndFire’s solution-oriented project team bring experience and expertise that mitigate potential challenges inherent in complex industrial projects. EndFire exemplifies the core characteristics that all Principle Contractors require of their subcontractors to be successful.
Greg Gilboy
I had a very good session on site this morning with Endfire’s sprinkler fitters during my inspection, I can report they are very invested in the site and are thinking about the task at hand.I am extremely confident that they are delivering a great outcome for our client.
Kip Hayes
Endfire continually meet or exceed our expectations whether that be in relation to on site productivity or design advice (despite their subcontract being construct only). They are proactive and highly responsive. Combined with the cooperative nature of their site team and their high quality workmanship they are effectively "set and forget" which is very rare in today's industry.
Steve Barnes
We have been involved in Projects that Endfire have been engaged to deliver the Fire Services, both wet and dry, consistently since 2007. These projects are typically of a complex nature with high levels of integration. Endfire are competitive whilst still providing a high level of quality and management.
Chris Fairclough
Hutchinson Builders Cairns regularly Engage with Endfire on projects that require complex wet and dry fire solutions in difficult environments. Endfire consistently provide a high level of service in both the design and delivery of all projects. We look forward to working with Endfire on future projects and highly recommend them for all facets of Fire Services.
Cameron Bowes
The Endfire team has now assisted our company with three design and construct wet and dry fire solutions across the NT in CBD and remote locations. Each project has Endfire provide a professional approach from scoping and design through to the project management of delivery and certification. DCCM will be partnering with Endfire on future opportunities and can highly recommend them to others.
Andréas Kyriakides
Endfire continue to go above and beyond, offering tailored fire engineering solutions to complex Projects whilst always delivering a quality install to meet their client's needs. Their vast experience in fire safety and collaborative approach, ranging through both the design and construction phases, always ensures you're getting industry leading service when engaging Endfire Engineering