Project: Sydney West Metropolitan Regional Centre (MRC) Master Plan and Building Facilities
Client: TransGrid
Employer: peckvonhartel
Location: Sydney West, New South Wales
Value: $10m
Year: 2012
Area: 1,200sqm new commercial + refurbishments
Role: Project Leader/ Design Manager
Responsibilities: Liz’s role on this project was Project Manager, overseeing a team of architects and engineers. She worked on the project from inception, through briefing, Development Application and to the Tender Phase. Extensive user consultation and ongoing workshop facilitation was required.
Project description: The project derived from recommendations from the TransGrid Regional Accommodation Report in 2011, which identified major upgrades to 4 regional centres: Newcastle, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga and Sydney West. The projects at Sydney West and Tamworth were undertaken simultaneously by this project team.
The objective of the work at Sydney West was to upgrade facilities to accommodate an extra 70 personnel. The first phase was the development of a Master Plan to provide long term planning for future growth and flexibility. The compound site was constrained by an existing substation to the North and a lines training facility to the South.
Following approval on the Master Plan and Design Brief, a building project scope was developed through to Tender Phase. The final project scope included:
- A New Administration Building of 1200sq.m (left).
- Refits to 2 existing accommodation buildings.
- Upgrade of Car parking, traffic and landscaping for the entire site.
