Building Development Archives - Page 2 of 2

Avalon Estate

Posted on October 27, 2017March 15, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us wanting cost effective and efficient service to produce quality living environments

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were sewerage servicing technicalities, due to site topography, as well as, due to the location, bush fire consideration in the town planning stage.

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by undertaking construction of pumping station and under bore, lot design involving earthworks, rock retaining walls and key asset protection zones.

Key Features:
The key features/points of difference to mention are, the easy walk to Wollongbar Public School and bus route to secondary schools. The quality built homes throughout the estate that complement the picturesque established surrounds, and fully serviced blocks including underground power and NBN connection.

APP's Role:
Ardill Payne & Partners undertook the Surveying, Town Planning and Civil Engineering for the project. Preparation of technical specification for all subdivision works including earthworks, roadworks, storm water drainage, water reticulation and associated works including 300m under-bore gravity sewer diversion. Preparation of contract and tender documentation. Contract administration and supervision of all works.

Timeframe:
This project is ongoing.

Ballina Heights Estate

Posted on October 11, 2017September 6, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us needing a Master-planned Community Development run with an Integrated Project Management and Development Services team under the one roof.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were extension of all core infrastructure services from Ballina to the new village site some 5 km distant. On site problems have included highly sloping ground, striking large seams of rock, considerable settlement in alluvial floodplains and coordinating bulk earthworks in urban communities

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by working with Council and Contractors to develop efficient and project sympathetic infrastructure solutions for the range of problems encountered. Specifically this has involved regular Council executive meetings, the Integrated Management System, resourcing and re-engineering earthworks materials for the 750,000 cubic metres of material moved around the site. Only 50,000 cubic metres were imported. Project staging to control ground consolidation.

Key Features:

Over 750 quality Residential Lots
Sporting Facilities
Cycle-way to Ballina
Environmental works
Parks and BBQ amenities

APP's Role:
Ardill Payne & Partners are responsible for the Master Planning, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Survey and Integrated Project Management of the project. Long term Project Management of a new village involving complex management, engineering foundation and infrastructure solutions.

Timeframe:
The project is ongoing with a 25-year timeframe to completion.

Budget:
The budget for the project is $95m.

Emmanuel Anglican College

Posted on September 20, 2017March 15, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us wanting Civil and Structural Engineering solutions for a k1 – k12 school, which provided all the variety in building types and land uses such a school requires. The school is sited on weak alluvial soils, which required filling for flood immunity resulting in large (400mm) settlement issues for the site.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were a range of building uses, site settlement, budget and time constraints. The school had to be open within 2 years of site acquisition.

APP’s Role:
Ardill Payne & Partners undertook the Structural Engineering Design of the project.

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by developing a filling system which reduced differential settlement, designing buildings to be within strict weight ranges for different parts of the site and requiring building services to be detailed to permit joint replacements due to differential settlement.

Key Features:
The key features to mention of the project are buildings designed to withstand and limit 400mm of settlement. Advanced combined geotechnical, structural and building services design advice to address large differential settlements.

Xavier Catholic College

Posted on September 20, 2017March 15, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us wanting coordinated Structural and Civil Engineering Design for years 7 - 12.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were the variety of building types for various school functions, budget controls and limited space

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by undertaking detailed site planning, determining opportunities and constraints of the site, engaging with the architects and the centre senior management, and having a number of pre-DA communications with Council’s Technical Officers.

Key Features:
The multipurpose hall comprises high steel portal frames and 4.6m long tapered cantilevered concrete beams to the first floor. We have provided structural engineering design for all stages of the college including the Administration, Art, Science, GLAs, Library, Canteen, Amphitheatre and Multipurpose Hall.

APP’s Role:
Ardill Payne & Partners were responsible for the Structural and Civil Engineering Design for all stages of development of the College, including the Engineering Design of the multi-purpose hall.

Budget:
The budget for the project was $14,100,000.00.

Ballina Surf Club

Posted on September 20, 2017March 20, 2020 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us wanting Integrated Project Management and Engineering Design to create a low maintenance community building on a dune front location that maximised the outstanding views, and provided a broad range of community services all to a fixed budget.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were co-ordination of building uses with architectural intent and opportunities with materials selection to limit maintenance. The building also had to be designed in a coastal environment exposed to wave action with tight budget constraints.

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by design and materials design iterations, with close review by quantity, Surveyor and Foundation Contractors to identify where costs could be saved and still achieve the operational and design brief.

Key Features:
The key features/points of difference to mention of the project are the coastal environment materials selection, building design for wave impacts, variety of building users (surf club, function centre, café), and to build to program and budget.

APP’s Role:
As Project Managers, Ardill Payne & Partners were responsible for the design development, detailed structural and civil design, DA and tender documentation, contract administration and construction supervision and certification.

Timeframe:
The Clubhouse was built to a tight timeframe, delivered on time and on budget.

Budget:
The budget for the project was $4.5m.

Bayside at Byron RSL Life Care

Posted on September 18, 2017March 15, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The proponent required Town Planning and Engineering assistance in preparing a DA/SEE for alterations and additions to an existing residential aged care facility (RACF), and the construction of 30 new independent living units on a vacant adjoining lot. The existing RACF was old and needed to be upgraded to current safety, amenity and building standards. The purpose of the proposed development was to provide an integrated facility seniors development that would facilitate “ageing in place”.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges facing this site were the fact that it was partly mapped as being bushfire prone, subject to flooding, mapped as Class 3 acid sulfate soils, contained Coastal Cyprus vegetation (endangered ecological community), had frontage to a main road and roundabout (traffic, noise and head-light issues), and adjoined low density residential development (houses).

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by ensuring that the development was designed having regard to all of the opportunities and constraints, and having the appropriate specialists involved so that a reasonable and balanced outcome and development was achieved, with minimal impacts on the natural and man-made environment.

Key Features:
The subject land was heavily constrained and was highly visible in the local landscape and streetscape. The proposal provided a significant upgrade to an older dated RACF and provided new ILUs, which resulted in an integrated aged person’s accommodation development being situated on the land. Due to the estimated cost of development, the Northern Region Joint Regional Planning Panel was the consent authority.

APP’s Role:
Ardill Payne & Partners were responsible for Town Planning (preparing and lodging DA/SEE), Surveying (detail survey) and Civil Engineering (stormwater, parking, access).

Key Parties:
The architect for the project are Humel Architects, the project managers are TSA Project Management and the builders are Woollams Constructions.

Budget:
The budget for the project was $19,575,000.00.

Sponder House

Posted on September 18, 2017June 4, 2019 by Michael Terlich

The Sponder House sits against a small hill covered with native heath and has views over Byron Bay. The heath is the most important feature of the site and the house responds to this by forming around a courtyard which opens out to the native vegetation. The house is a series of terraced platforms for living extending from inside to outside. It opens to the outside in a variety of spots to follow the sun or escape the rain. There are plenty of spaces for the family of five to retreat to while having the feeling of being surrounded by nature.

The Brief
The client came to us wanting value engineered solutions for this award winning house that would provide a series of indoor/outdoor spaces that the home would surround. As for such presentation houses this required careful detailing of structural support systems.

Key Challenges
The key challenges we could see for this project were large cantilevered roofs with streamline finish, and timber framed first floor and deck cantilever to create a floating effect.

Solutions
We overcame these challenges by required careful detailing of structural support systems to enhance the architectural statement and liveability of the house.

Ramada Hotel & Suites

Posted on September 15, 2017March 15, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief:
The client came to us needing Environmental and Maritime Engineering solutions. This involved full site remediation and stabilisation of the river bank adjacent to the site.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were remediating a site in the middle of town and stabilising the river bank of the Richmond River.

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by site control of the remediation process and deploying our underwater engineers to work with diving contractors to develop an armoring solution which would reduce the instability of the river bank.

Budget:
The budget for this project was $35m.

Habitat Development

Posted on September 15, 2017September 6, 2018 by Michael Terlich

The Brief
The client came to us needing high level Structural and Civil Engineering Design to address complex infrastructure, servicing problems and value engineered solutions for the buildings. The brief was expanded to provide on-site construction and overall Project Management.

Key Challenges
As Project Managers, the key challenges we could see for this project were to provide a cost effective filling and ground preparation solution, and then to control a changing product and architectural solution for a new residential and commercial market, providing the first optic fibre and formal live-work precinct in Byron Bay.

Solutions
We overcame these design challenges by detailed surface and subsurface water modelling to resolve storm water and undertaking the ground works on a day works arrangement, and supervising the works directly in a risk sharing contract. Project Management solutions involved an Integrated project management team being embedded with the design and construction team.

Key Features

Nil increase in storm water runoff quality and quantity
Live/Work Residential dwellings
Commercial / Retail precinct
Shared meeting rooms for development owners & tenants
Access to National Broadband Network
Embedded energy network with solar power & battery time-shift capabilities
Recreational facilities including 25m lap pool
Electric car charging spaces and GoGet car sharing

APP’s Role
Integrated Project Management, Value Engineering & Land Title Surveying

APP’s role as project managers was multi-faceted. Our conventional PM role involved coordinating approvals and design, calling tenders and supervising construction. The developers of Habitat engaged with APP’s suggestion to use the integrated management system and value engineering process to risk share, defuse commercial conflict and obtain maximum value from building and designers shared input. Results to date have been excellent.

Civil works involved $7.5m of detailed infrastructure work and was constructed on time, and $0.5m under budget. Building works are currently under way. At completion the building component will consist of a $12m commercial precinct and $70m domestic and live-work areas.

VE and IPM Attributes for Habitat:

Leading a collaborative team approach in design development
Tender and Contract Administration by APP Risk Sharing Contract
Value Engineering exercise between Tender and Construction phase
Coordinating APP’s in-house design team as well as external architects, service engineers, other specialist consultants and builders
Liaising with Council and PCA to obtain timely approvals
Community and Strata Title Subdivisions

Timeframe
The project has been running since 2014 and will be completed in 2020.

Key Parties
The key parties involved with this project are Agcorp, DFJ, and MDA.

Budget
The budget for this project is $100m.

Chevron Island

Posted on September 15, 2017July 18, 2018 by Michael Terlich

Chevron Island is a ground-breaking, forty-two storey residential tower on Chevron Island, Surfers Paradise. Designed to provide large unit accommodation in the heart of the action, the development has ground floor artist in residence, as well as a café, a residents’ lounge, gymnasium, barbecue area and 25m wet-edge heated pool.

There will be additional features such as a drying and storage room on each floor for surfboards and bicycles, and car parking for all units. Many of the apartments in the east-facing tower will have 180-degree views of the Surfers skyline, the ocean and the Nerang River. The apartments range from studio units to three bedroom suites and also luxury penthouses.

The Brief:
The client came to us wanting one stop shop for Civil and Structural Engineering Design for a new form of tower solution.

Key Challenges:
The key challenges we could see for this project were deep excavation into a water charged foundation, difficult parking and traffic impacts, and a tall slender curved building.

Solutions:
We overcame these challenges by review of foundation construction options that would minimise impact on neighbours and the environment, benchmarking parking and traffic impacts against similar developments around Australia and successfully negotiating an outcome with Council, developing load paths and structural solutions with the architect during early stages of the development.

Budget:
The budget for this project is estimated to be $120m.

ProjectAvalon Estate

Avalon Estate Project Gallery

ProjectBallina Heights Estate

Ballina Heights Estate Video

Ballina Heights Estate Project Gallery

ProjectEmmanuel Anglican College

Emmanuel Anglican College is a Primary and Secondary School which caters for approximately 450 Students. The College is located in West Ballina. Construction on the first stage of the School commenced in 1999 and the College accepted its first students at this site in January 2000.

Emmanuel Anglican College Project Gallery

ProjectXavier Catholic College

Xavier Catholic College Project Gallery

ProjectBallina Surf Club

The Surf Clubhouse was designed inside the surf impact zone and required large bored piles through varying sand and rock strata to the founding level.

Ballina Surf Club Project Gallery

ProjectBayside at Byron

Bayside at Byron is a unique, stylish development purpose built, consisting of 30 independent living units and integrated facilities for seniors, located in the beautiful Suffolk Park, just South of Byron Bay.

Bayside at Byron RSL Life Care Project Gallery

ProjectSponder House

Sponder House Project Gallery

ProjectRamada Hotel & Suites

Ramada Hotel & Suites Project Gallery

ProjectHabitat Development

The Habitat development is a pioneer proposition within the local region. Located in Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay, this mixed use development combines architecturally designed live-work housing, commercial and community facilities for those looking to achieve a modern work/life balance.

Habitat Development Project Gallery

ProjectChevron Island

Chevron Island Project Gallery