Canberra Grammar School Music Centre & Terry Snow Auditorium Education Secondary
Description of services
A partially subterranean 5 storey development, expanding up to 12meters underground – The Canberra Grammar Auditorium and Music centre includes a new library and music rooms, classrooms and a 1,300 seat acoustically tuned music auditorium. The development interconnects with the existing breezeway and forecourt of the school’s heritage Quadrangle. This project was constrained by the existing heritage building, immediately adjacent the proposed auditorium whilst providing access for construction.
The team had to overcome many unique challenges in delivering this project. From long-span steel trusses over the auditorium, which support a terrace and planting over, to cantilevered steel framed bleacher and auditorium seating which had to be carefully analysed to avoid footfall-induced vibration issues, Sellick ensured the right solution was used in the right place. The heritage-listed school buildings next to the construction needed careful shoring design to ensure ground movements were minimal while the auditorium was excavated, and suspended concrete roof slabs were optimised to minimise the risk of cracking and any water ingress issues, including the use of low carbon, low shrinkage Envisia concrete.
Ground water was a major concern from the beginning of the project, a comprehensive design was developed to manage the constant ground water inflow with emergency pump chambers and back-up generator connection, should a power failure occurring during a storm event to prevent the lower levels of the theatre flooding. Podium level and roof level above the practice rooms and main theatre required high attention in detail to ensure the water proofing and water shedding design worked flawlessly.
Client
Construction Control
Waves Carwash Express Phillip Commercial
Description of services
Waves Carwash Express Phillip is a Multi Storey Commercial development across 2 blocks.
Designed by DNA Architects in the Commercial district of Phillip, A.C.T the development consists of a Double storey structure, with each leveling housing their own Mezzanine, a Commercial Carwash with state-of-the-art automated carwash tunnel, detailing conveyor system, self-serve wash bays, automatic car wash bays, dog washes, a standalone drive through or dine-in Takeaway and service station all on Ground floor. Along with 10 commercial tenancies spanning across 1450m² on the upper level.
Sellick consultants were engaged to provide Civil, Hydraulic and Structural engineering services for this project. The design included a high level of documentation surrounding the necessary carwash drainage, water supply and substantial water recycling system & sewerage treatment facilities in accordance with local authorities’ requirements.
Client
Waves Carwash Pty Ltd & D-Group Commercial
The Grounds Braddon Mixed use residential
Description of services
Sellick consultants was engaged to undertake Hydraulic, Structure and Civil works for this project. The Grounds Braddon consists of an eight-story apartment tower, three terrace buildings and seven townhouse buildings in close proximity to the Canberra city centre and overlooking Northbourne Oval.
The Hydraulic scope included the design and documentation of domestic sanitary drainage, water services, stormwater drainage and fire services from initial design stages through construction and post construction phases. Incorporation of the ‘Pipe system and building design’ Australian patent referenced as the Sellicks Innovation patent was utilised to reduce pipe and stack sizes and to minimise construction costs for this project. Existing Telstra asbestos conduits running diagonally through the work site provided additional challenge to the project, a higher level of detail coordination was essential for successfully delivery. This project was also one of the first large scale residential projects to include installation of individual instantaneous electric hot wat heaters in all apartments and townhouses.
Client
Lockbridge
Value
$35-$40m
Eastlake Football Club – Hydraulic Clubs
Description of services
Structural, Civil and Hydraulic engineering
Client
Project Coordination
Value
Not provided
SA6 ANU – Hydraulic Student Accommodaton
Description of services
Comprising of two new residences linked at ground level via a buried commercial kitchen and back of house services with loading dock entry at the rear. Each building consists of 3 wings varying in heights from 5, 6 and 8 stories whilst having their own respective student services and dinning halls,each residences accommodates 400 students.
Client
ANU / Richard Crookes
Value
$TBA
Coles Amaroo Mixed Development
Description of services
Provide building hydraulic engineering services for a 3500m2 Coles shopping centre with allowance for an additional 8 retail tenancies, including Coles liquor. Basement carpark for 160 cars. Level 1 residential construction for 52, 3story – 1 and 2 bedroom home units.
Client
Nikias Diamond
Value
$30-40M
Astin Apartments, Braddon Residential Multi Unit Development
Description of services
Provide Building Hydraulic Engineering Design Services
Client
PBS Builders ACT
Value
$30M
Sorell Apartments, Lyons Residential Multi Unit Development
Description of services
Provide Building Hydraulic Engineering Design Services
Client
Hindmarsh Pty Ltd
Value
$30M
University of Canberra – Cooper 1 Lodge Education - Tertiary
Description of services
Provide Building Hydraulic Engineering Design Services
Client
PBS Builders ACT
Value
$60M
Australian National University Hall of Residence Education - Tertiary
Description of services
Provide building hydraulic engineering services for a state of the art 500 bed student accommodation building, a 5 story building comprising of centralised common amenities in each pod (3 pods per floor), centralised laundry and kitchen cooking facilities (upper ground), with a hand basin in each unit.
Client
Cockram
Value
$50-60M
Metranode Data Centre, Mitchell (Stage 1) Special Use
Description of services
Provide building hydraulic engineering services for a state of the art blade room data centre comprising of 8 blade rooms, secure rooms for both data entry, presentations, meetings and conferences.
Specialist advice on project
Original engagement was to provide a design review of the proposed hydraulic design undertaken by another hydraulic consultant, it was found that during our design review we recommend the removal of the onsite domestic booster pump and the removal of the need for a fire hydrant booster pumpset via an alternative solution, saving the client in excess of $100,000. Following the review, Sellick Consultants were then engaged to revise the design based on our comments and issue documentation for tender within a 3 week time frame, construction documentation followed 4 weeks later.
Client
Richard Crookes Construction
Value
$5-6M
121 Marcus Clarke Street ANU Exchange Mixed Use Development