Officer
Stage 1
Construction of a new year 7-9 class room building and new administration building with a total floor area of 2440 m2. The class room building includes fourteen general purpose learning areas, three project spaces and three external learning areas. The administration building has conference, office and staff facilities.
External works included on-grade parking for fifty vehicles, landscaping with rammed earth retaining walls.
Stage 2
Construction of a new Design, Arts, Technology and Science (DATS) Building with a total floor area of 2100 m2. The DATS building includes three arts rooms, wood and metal technology rooms, four laboratories and two open plan design theory spaces.
External works included internal landscaped garden area and extensive external soft landscaping and pavement areas.
Sustainability initiatives include a Building Management System (BMS) controlling heating/cooling and natural ventilation through temperature, wind, rain and internal CO2 sensors. Display panels, located centrally in common areas, illustrate consumption of water, power, gas, together with carbon emissions which are reported and reviewed monthly.
CLIENT
St Francis Xavier College
ARCHITECT
Hayball Architects
SERVICES ENGINEER
Wood & Grieve Engineering
STRUCTURAL/CIVIL ENGINEER
Stage 1 Mordue Engineering
Stage 2 Irwin Consult
COMPLETION
December 2013
CONTRACT VALUE
$15.3 million
SUCCESS FACTORS
The commissioning of the building BMS included education, induction and training sessions for over sixty-five staff in the operation of the building’s Building Managements System.
At the commencement of stage 2 works were re-sequenced and fast tracked to enable playing fields be available for early access by students.
Early handover of the administration building enabling the Client to occupy ahead of program and commence operations on campus.