NSW health minister Jillian Skinner and Dubbo MP Troy Grant went on site yesterday to view progress ahead of the new clinical services building's scheduled completion in late 2015.

Decked out in hard hats and vests they watched from a platform as a host of workers using noisy machinery and tools got on with the job.

"It was a privilege today to be taken inside the construction site to see first-hand how rapidly this project is taking shape," Mrs Skinner said.

"The main works for stages 1 and 2 are well advanced, with concrete pours under way for the ground-floor slab and the formwork in place for the first and second floors.

"Today I share the community's excitement as this new clinical services building rises from the ground."

A crane so big that Mr Grant said it was visible in the air from the Golden Highway to the Mitchell Highway attracted plenty of attention.

Taking centre stage was Meya Brouggy, a year 5 student of Geurie Public School who won a competition to name the equipment with the winning entry of 'Galu', "the Aboriginal word for crane".

Mrs Skinner presented Meya with a toy crane, a t-shirt and hat, and Geurie Public School principal Trish Farley accepted a $1000 gift voucher for a local hardware store from main works contractor Broad Construction Services, as well as a replica toy crane.