Sector

Education

Contract value

$19+ million

Completion date

2019

Location

Zuccoli, Northern Territory

Status

Completed

Type of project

Design development, documentation and construction

Client

Northern Territory Government

Stage 1 included an administration building, preschool with the capacity for up to 88 preschool students, eight primary school classrooms with capacity for more than 200 students, two lower primary school blocks, undercover play, walkways, carpark, kiss and go area, and associated landscaping, play spaces, fencing, shade and services.  

Project features

Design development and documentation:

• all necessary statutory approvals
• certification
• production of operational management and as-constructed documentation
• graphic representations to convey the project intent to stakeholders
• construction and final occupancy certification
• all engineering and service connections for the site
• hard and soft landscaping required to complete a fit-for purpose facility

Preliminary design of the civil and engineering services for the future stages:

• carry out preliminary designs of all service capacities and connections
• stormwater drainage
• levels
• traffic provisions to allow for seamless construction of all future works
• services and infrastructure for stage 1 to have sufficient capacity and floor area for all future stages (including sub-station capacity, size of services’ rooms, enclosures etc.)

The works under this project included full investigation, design and documentation for engineering and building services.

Sector

Education

Contract value

$25+ million

Completion date

Stage 1 – 2017 | Stage 2 – 2018

Location

Zuccoli, Northern Territory

Status

Completed

Type of project

Construction

Client

Catholic Education Northern Territory

The Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School is in the newest suburb of Palmerston and caters for early learning (preschool) up to grade seven. The school includes large, open plan learning areas with a focus on creating a stimulating environment for the students to learn and enjoy.

Project features

• The school size and structure included two stages of works with a total built structural footprint (inclusive of single and two storey construction) of approximately 8,600m2
• 3,450m2 of car parking and associated civil works
• 960m2 of playscape areas
• 16,400m2 of soft and hard landscape finishes
• 2,460m2 of concrete footpaths

Stage one consisted of the early learning centre, lower primary school, car parks, landscaping and playscape. This was handed over 10 days ahead of the staged practical completion date.

Each of the two buildings in this stage had their own specific playground equipment installed to accommodate the two age groups of kids using the facilities.

Stage two consisted of the administration and special education units, multipurpose hall, assembly area, primary school, landscaping and playscape. This stage was delivered 14 days ahead of program and was constructed whilst stage one of the school was operational.

The project was delivered without a single disruption to the daily operations of the stage one school precinct.

The project staging allowed the school to open their early learning centre and lower primary facilities for the start of the 2018 school year. Stage two was then opened mid 2018 as planned.

Sector

Education

Contract value

$33+ million

Completion date

Stage 1 – 2015 | Stage 2 – 2016

Location

Tiwi, Northern Territory

Status

Completed

Type of project

Design and construction components

Client

Northern Territory Government

From initial design concept, we completed full design and construction of a purpose built school and VET facility for Territory students with intellectual disabilities.

The new Henbury School needed to be a generalist facility catering for a full range of students with disabilities including high needs student requirements. The facility also needed to be future-proofed to absorb expected increases in the student population.

This purpose built special education school caters for 120 middle and senior year students. The school incorporates special facilities to engage students in VET pathway training programs to better prepare them for an independent life after school.

Project features

• General learning area buildings (2) and high dependency learning area buildings (2)
• A multipurpose hall with retractable seating for up to 200 people
• A fully operational training and commercial kitchen
• Vocational education and training, science, sensory, horticultural and farm buildings
• A 20 m x 10 m pool with associated airconditioned change rooms
• An administration building and outside school hours care facility
• Civil works including carparks, an access road running between Henbury Avenue and Willeroo Street for off street school bus drop-off and pick-up, and the redesigning of Henbury Avenue to incorporate entry and egress into the school
• Extensive landscaping, specialised play equipment and undercover walkways
• 193,510 man-hours were completed over the project duration (464 days) with no industrial action or lost time injuries (LTIs)
• Complex structural steel
• Extensive roofing and wall cladding
• Specialised and high quality fit out
• Management of nominated subcontractors
• Public infrastructure
• High density, urbanised and live operational environments
• Complex staging of works