edition 3 2010

Tigerland redevelopment

Collaboration and Over and out Supplying power to one teamwork produces million customers better outcomes Buxton Construction Insite | Edition 3 2010

Welcome

Welcome to the final edition of Insite for 2010. In the 12 months since I assumed control of Buxton Construction and the company seceded from the Buxton Group, it’s been very much a case of back-to-basics, incorporating a simplistic approach to construction backed up by a commitment shared by our people to do whatever we do well. Tigerland redevelopment close to full time These objectives are well served by The redevelopment of the portables in the car park, will having a unified and dedicated team administration and training occupy their new facilities before pushing the same barrow. Although facilities at the spiritual home of Christmas. now exclusively a construction company, the Richmond Football Club is our former affiliation with the Buxton Following agreement between heading towards the final siren. Group has provided us with an in-depth the Richmond Football Club, Levels one and two of the new knowledge of property development that project manager Coffey Projects building are to be handed over enables us to provide our clients with and Buxton Construction, staging early in the New Year enabling advice and practical assistance on a wide for the project was amended to the club’s football department range of issues. make these facilities available to relocate from the more than progressively to the club prior to The last 12 months have been 80-year-old Jack Dyer grandstand. exceptionally busy for us with a number the scheduled completion date of of major projects handed over including Players will be able to make use the project in March 2011. of the new change rooms along – Geelong Leisure Link Aquatic Facility, “It’s great to see the striking with the hydro-pool, recovery St Kilda Football Club’s new training new building taking shape and pool, spas and chilled tubs in and administration facilities at Seaford fast becoming a landmark that their preparation for the 2011 AFL and a multi-purpose gymnasium complex thousands of patrons will pass on season. at Caulfield Grammar’s Wheelers Hill their way to and from events at campus – in recent weeks. The administration department, the MCG,” said Rob McFee from A constant challenge in this business is which has been operating out of Coffey Projects. to ensure continuity of activity through securing new projects to replace those that have been completed. The volume and breadth of work we’re School life goes on with minimum disruption undertaking has highlighted Buxton The logistics associated with the A raised timber floor installed over the Construction’s need to recruit an refurbishment of Grammar existing flooring in the drama room has experienced construction manager to School’s LOTE and Drama Centre impact mounts to cushion the effects of complement the existing executive team. required extensive planning says Buxton physical activities and provide acoustic Although it is my intention to take a Construction Business Development separation to the rooms below. reduced hands-on role when the new and Estimating Manager Simon Lewin. construction manager comes on board to “Projects on school campuses always pose Renovation of the Domain Road facade enable me to concentrate on the broader challenges, especially when access and includes installation of aluminium responsibilities associated with running site space are limited so we put a lot of windows and louvres, making good the company, I’ll still be involved with thought into the methodology to ensure existing timber-framed windows and clients, architects and consultants, and the contract timelines could be met and upgrading bluestone walls and the slate always available to help solve problems. disruption to daily routine is minimal.” roof. Energy consumption is minimised On behalf of the executive, management by a solar powered air-conditioning and and staff of Buxton Construction I extend The first stage of the $3 million project, heating system. sincere thanks to all who have supported designed by Peter Elliott Architects, “We invited Buxton Construction to us throughout the last 12 months and required stripping out the first floor of tender because of the outstanding job wish everyone a merry Christmas and a the two-storey building and demolishing they did on the major refurbishment happy, healthy and prosperous 2011. a concrete stairway within the courtyard which is being replaced by a steel and renovation of the clubhouse at Royal Best wishes structure. Interior work includes a fit-out, Melbourne Golf Club in 2003 when I was Andrew Briggs services upgrade and the restoration of club captain,” said Melbourne Grammar Managing Director historical exposed roof trusses. School Bursar, David Temple. 2 Hume Global Learning Centre

‘Various user-groups of these types of facilities connect with the community in different ways so it is very important that both the design team and the builder be flexible and responsive ...’ Collaboration and teamwork produces better outcomes

Complex community-based projects including Ascot Vale Sports and Fitness require a strong, harmonious working Centre, Hume Global Learning Centre relationship between the design team and at Broadmeadows and Croydon Sports the builder to deliver the best outcome and Aquatic Centre. “We’ve always for the client says Peddle Thorp director found Buxton Construction to be totally Peter Brook. professional and I’d go as far as to say the outstanding results achieved with Peter cites two recently completed each of these projects would not have projects Peddle Thorp and Buxton Croydon Sports and Aquatic Centre been possible without their input and co- Construction worked on together – operation,” Peter said. Geelong Leisure Links Aquatic Facility and St Kilda Football Club’s training and One of Australasia’s largest and most administration facilities at Seaford – as established architectural practices, Peddle prime examples of how this collaborative Thorp has gained wide recognition approach produces a superior result. across a variety of industry sectors and “Various user-groups of these types of geographic regions. facilities connect with the community in The company combines the experience different ways so it is very important that of specialist business units: Peddle both the design team and the builder be Thorp Health, PTID Environments and flexible and responsive.” Sustainable Built Environments with its People using facilities of this kind core architectural practice, operating in represent all stratas of the society in Oceania, Asia and the Middle East. which they are located and are required Networking more than 300 professionals to provide a broad range of facilities. across five locations Peddle Thorp Peddle Thorp and Buxton Construction services a variety of industry sectors and have been involved with a number of is committed to providing solutions that Ascot Vale Sports and Fitness Centre major community projects over the years enhance clients’ investments. 3 Buxton Construction Insite | Edition 3 2010

Over and out

Since the previous edition of Insite, Buxton Construction has completed these major projects.

Geelong Leisure Link Aquatic Centre Buxton Construction’s contract for the City of Greater Geelong’s $22 million Leisure Link Aquatic Centre at Waurn Ponds included installing an Astral 50-metre steel-panelled pool used for the 2007 FINA World Championships at and construction of a leisure pool with beach entry, a learners’ pool and a hydro pool. A major feature of the facility is an impressive wintergarden with two water slides – The Cannon Bowl and The Black Hole – served by a 17-metre-high stair access tower. A large play area with a 1,200-litre water tipping bucket and mini water slides forms part of the wintergarden. Treated water – harvested from the pool hall roof – is stored in tanks with a capacity of almost 200,000 litres and used to maintain pool levels while grey water captured from hand basins and change room showers is recycled for toilet Geelong Leisure Link Aquatic Centre flushing. The air-conditioning system maintains a constant ambient temperature of around Caulfield Grammar School Wheelers Hill 30°C to minimise evaporation, eliminate condensation and provide a comfortable Designed by The Buchan Group, excavation prior to pouring the concrete environment for swimmers. the new $5 million multi-purpose raft slab which was employed because gymnasium complex at Caulfield of its suitability for the area’s highly Constructed on a hydronically heated Grammar’s Wheelers Hill campus is an reactive clay soil. concrete slab, the centre’s winter garden architectural focal point at the Cladding to the lower levels of the features a translucent PVC-coated fabric entrance to the school. roof and low-level perimeter glazing that steel-framed building is a combination can be opened during favourable weather “As the new complex is the first part of of timber, rendered and exposed conditions. the campus to come into a visitor’s view, blockwork, and pre-coloured metal the school was keen to have a signature panels. Upper levels feature glazing, The impressive Peddle Thorp-designed building to the entrance driveway,” The painted blockwork and environmentally- building is extensively glazed and faces Buchan Group director Chris Ball said. friendly Durra panels. north to provide maximum protection for the exterior areas from the south-westerly The split-level contemporary structure Lighting is electronically controlled gales that are common to the area. comprises netball, basketball, volleyball while the computerised air-conditioning and badminton courts to international system and automatic windows are The layout incorporates aquatic facilities standards, spectator gallery, teaching activated by the ambient temperature to one side and dry activities such as a spaces, community facility, staff offices to provide maximum energy efficiency. gymnasium, program rooms and child and reception for the junior school. The Water harvested from the roof is used care centre, with a café located between steeply sloping site required extensive for toilet flushing and irrigation. the two zones. 4 What the new facilities mean to the Saints

New Seaford headquarters provide St Kilda Football Club with the best of training facilities

‘The facility is a simple, timeless piece of architecture that looks right in its residential setting which is an important consideration for both the club and the community ...’ According to St Kilda Football Club CEO, Michael Nettlefold, St Kilda Football Club training headquarters this year signals the dawning of a new and exciting era for the St Set in landscaped surroundings, St Kilda within the training facility and externally Kilda Football Club as it moves Football Club’s new $8.3 million training after hours, is available for club and to its state-of-the-art training and and administration facility at Seaford community use while the surrounding administration facility, the Linen is an elegant, contemporary structure car park can accommodate up to 100 House Centre at Seaford. organised around a series of meeting vehicles. places for club operations accessed via an “Our new home will provide St Kilda’s red, black and white colours internal pedestrian street. the club with the best facilities are woven into the interior and exterior to allow St Kilda’s football “The club should be applauded for design as a subtle expression of the club’s department to train, prepare and taking the bold step of establishing its corporate branding. “The facility is a recover from the rigors of AFL headquarters on the edge of a suburban simple, timeless piece of architecture that football.” development,” said Peddle Thorp director looks right in its residential setting which Peter Brook. is an important consideration for both the Michael continued, “This project club and the community.” would not be possible without The single-storey complex includes the ongoing support of the administration offices, kitchen, breakout The Seaford headquarters will also be Victorian Government, the AFL space, gymnasium, massage and medical known as Linen House who is the sponsor and Frankston City Council. We rooms, change village, lecture room, of the existing ground at Moorabbin would also like to thank our property services, video stats room which will remain under the control of builder, Buxton Construction, for and a recovery pool complete with ice the St Kilda Football Club and become delivering the new facility as per baths and spas. A multi-purpose indoor the home of the Southern Dragons in our requirements.” sports hall, that can be accessed from the VFL. 5 Buxton Construction Insite | Edition 3 2010

Introducing Chris Loritsch

Buxton Construction Associate Director Project Manager Chris, who comes from a family with a strong construction industry background, has almost 30 years’ experience in residential, commercial and industrial projects as well as high-profile retail and office fit-outs. After gaining practical experience on building sites as a tradesman and site manager, Chris realised his long-term ambition of a management position in the construction industry and is now a highly respected member of Buxton Construction’s executive team. With his proven skills in the areas of client relations, programming and budgetary control, coupled with a Substation upgrades total understanding of all facets of the construction industry, Chris is In a first for Buxton Construction, the Brunswick and installing a concrete slab well credentialled to co-ordinate the company is refurbishing two inner- that will bear the weight of 100 tonnes complexities of projects of varying Melbourne substations – one in Bouvrie of power transformers, 66,000-volt types and sizes. A licensed commercial Street Carlton, the other Dudley Street switchgear and cooling radiators. and domestic builder, Chris monitors West Melbourne – for electricity supplier A new water-proof concrete slab will every step of the construction process CitiPower. meticulously to maintain the high replace sections of the existing roof and standards Buxton Construction has The upgrade is part of CitiPower Metro a metal duct installed to allow cooling become renowned for. 2012 and Security of Supply program air to flow to the areas which house the designed to provide additional capacity electrical equipment. Extreme care must Chris was project manager for the $25 for the CBD and improved reliability for be taken throughout construction to million conversion of Delgany – an supply. ensure no water penetrates the building. eighty-year-old Scottish-style castle at Portsea – to luxury townhouses and The $3.8 million Bouvrie Street project The new Bouvrie Street facade features apartments, and is currently working on includes demolishing sections of the large removable acoustic louvres to the Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis building, excavating to a depth of five facilitate the entry and exit of electrical Club redevelopment and a six-storey, metres to create a basement to house equipment in the future. As the site is 42-apartment building in Nott Street Port large sections of conduit to transfer an operating substation stringent safety Melbourne. electricity from a substation in nearby measures must be observed, adding to 6 Supplying power to one million customers

Buxton Construction’s refurbishment of two inner-Melbourne substations is designed to provide additional power capacity for the CBD and improved reliability for supply. the complexity of Buxton’s task. The conversion of the former four-level office Electricity distributors CitiPower and Powercor own block in Dudley Street to a substation and manage the poles, wires and equipment that deliver power involves stripping out the building and the to more than one million customers in the Melbourne CBD removal of a lift shaft, rooftop mechanical and through central and western . plant and the entire third floor to provide The two entities are responsible for the quality and reliability the height required to house the electrical of the power they deliver to customers and for the safety of the equipment. infrastructure that delivers it. The $1.8 million contract provides for the installation of a gantry crane for Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and Hong manoeuvring equipment, stripping and Kong Electric Holdings Limited together own 51 per cent of resurfacing the roof and the installation of CitiPower and Powercor. new mechanical plant. The remaining 49 per cent of the business is owned by Spark The building’s windows are to be Infrastructure, a specialist infrastructure group listed on the removed and replaced by blockwork, Australian Stock Exchange, whose objective is to invest in the facade rendered and decorative steel regulated utility infrastructure in Australia and overseas. panels installed. 7 Buxton Construction Insite | Edition 3 2010

Current Projects

117-119 Camberwell Road, Hawthorn Beth Rivkah Ladies College 40 Harold Street, Hawthorn $23.8m construction of a mixed use $3.4m construction of a new Centre of $6.2m design and construction of an development Excellence for Languages apartment building Client: J G Vic Pty Ltd Client: Beth Rivkah Ladies College Client: AGC Group Architect: Watson Young Architects Architect: McIldowie Partners Architect: Carabott Holt Architects Structural: Adams Consulting Structural: Klopfer Dobos Structural: O’Neill Group Electrical/Mechanical: Fryda Dorne & Services: Waterman AHW (Vic) Pty Ltd Services: O’Neill Group Associates Building Surveyor: Reddo Building Hydraulics: Clements Consulting Surveyors Building Surveyor: Reddo Building Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club Quantity Surveyor: WT Partnership Surveyors $3.3m alterations and additions to existing Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall clubhouse ESD: Sustainable Developments Client: Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Powercor VM Substation Club $1.8m refurbishment of existing office block Architect: Carr Design for new substation Richmond Football Club Structural/Civil: Brock Consulting Client: Powercor $14m redevelopment of Punt Road Oval Services: Vos Group Architect: Aurecon Australia training and administration facilities Building Surveyor: BSGM Services: Aurecon Australia Client: Richmond Football Club Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall Structural: Aurecon Australia Project Manager: Coffey Projects Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall Architect: Suters Architects Structural: Kersulting Pty Ltd Gowanbrae Retirement Apartments Civil: Irwin Consulting $8m design and construction of 39 self- Level 5 – 3 Male Street, Brighton Services: Umow Lai contained apartments $1.5m construction of two penthouse Pool Consultant: Geoff Ninnes Fong & Client: Stockland Retirement Living apartments on top of an existing building Partners Architect: Marchese + Partners International Client: 3 Male Street Partnership Pty Ltd Building Surveyor: Reddo Building Structural: McFarlane & Partners Architect: Watson Young Architects Surveyors Civil: Lanigan Civil Structural: CIR Consulting Engineers Quantity Surveyor: Currie & Brown Services: ALA Consulting Engineers Services: Andrew Lingard & Associates Landscape: Rush Wright & Associates Environmental: Sam Ledger Consulting Building Surveyor: McKenzie Consulting Building Surveyor: Red Textas Group Acoustic: Accom 115 Nott Street, Port Melbourne $13.6m construction of an apartment building Melbourne Grammar School – LOTE and Client: Cheng Investments Australia Powercor BQ Substation Drama Centre Project Manager: AWC Property $3m refurbishment of existing school building Development & Consulting in conjunction $3.8m major refurbishment and upgrade of an with Buxton Group existing substation Client: Melbourne Grammar School Architect: Plus Architecture Client: Powercor Architect: Peter Elliott Architects Structural: Meinhardt Consulting Engineers Architect: Aurecon Australia Structural: Clive Steele & Partners Services: Simpson Kotzman Services: Aurecon Australia Services: Cundall Building Surveyor: McKenzie Consulting Structural: Aurecon Australia Acoustics: Acoustic Consultants Australia Group Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall Building Surveyor: Philip Chun & Quantity Surveyor: Rider Levett Bucknall Associates Quantity Surveyor: Wilde & Woolard

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