Recreation & Leisure
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Undoolya Stadium – Indoor Courts, Netball NT
Services Provided: Mechanical / Electrical / Fire Protection / Hydraulics
The project provided the only dedicated indoor netball facility in the Territory capable of holding national titles and ANZ Championship teams as well as the local teams and the Alice Springs Masters Games. The facility is an enclosed four-court netball stadium constructed to National Netball Standards complete with competition level lighting and timber sprung floor.
BCA Engineers were engaged to provide engineering solutions for the site infrastructure and building services which included site electrical distribution, site hydrant systems incorporating fire water assembly to local authority (NTFRS) requirements.
Energy efficiency of such a large facility in operation is paramount for the ongoing viability of the centre. BCA Engineers provided the following initiatives to be implemented in the facility:
- Court lighting provided by high output LED fixtures with intelligent control systems to allow each luminaire to be individually controlled and dimmed to the user requirements. This allows pre-set lighting modes for many and varied potential uses for the space. Manual override options allow users to modify lighting to specific levels.
- Air conditioning and ventilation for such a large volume space was provided with multiple options to allow flexibility in operation. Natural ventilation can be provided by automated louvers in the building facade, large format sweep fans (1 per court) and air conditioning by commercial evaporative coolers to assist on sweltering central Australia days.
All solutions were carefully designed with functionality, maintainability and safe access in mind.
Murray Bridge Racing Club, Gifford Hill SA
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Services Provided: Mechanical / Electrical / Fire Safety Engineering / Fire Protection / Hydraulics / Vertical Transportation
Project Value: $35M
BCA Engineers were engaged to undertake all building services design and fire safety engineering for the Murray Bridge Race Course project comprising, a three storey Main Facilities Building of nominal 3000m2 inclusive of Tavern, Members and Committee Function Rooms and Bars, other betting and event amenities. Other separate buildings included Race Day Facilities of almost 1000m2 for jockey’s and officials, plus Race Day Stalls for horses, training personnel and veterinary services.
In later stages of this comprehensive project, BCA Engineers was engaged to develop concept and preliminary engineering design documentation for:
- Race track lighting including: lighting masts and typical lighting details, Steward's Towers, Track Watcher's Tower, training lighting and lighting associated with Equine Tunnel.
- Car park and Trackside Drive pole mounted lighting for designated sealed car parking areas in vicinity of the racetrack main buildings
- Associated electrical infrastructure; such as distribution boards, circuit arrangements, switching and controls
- All engineering design documentation to be sufficient for necessary approvals, pricing by contractors and subsequent construction.
The Murray Bridge Racing Club facility is vital to both the future of thoroughbred racing in South Australia and will attract trainers from across Australia, making it one of the country’s most elite horse racing facility.
Norwood Oval Redevelopment – City of Norwood, Payneham & St. Peters SA
Services Provided: Mechanical / Electrical / Fire Protection / Hydraulics / Vertical Transportation
Project Value: $10M
BCA Engineers was appointed to undergo all engineering design of Building Services to upgrade and extend the existing grand stands at Norwood Oval.
The project comprised the demolition of the existing Baulderstone stand and partial demolition of the Western stand, along with external and interior alterations to the local heritage listed Sir E T Smith Stand including demolition of the attached toilet building to the rear of the Sir E T Smith Stand.
The ground and first floor levels of the new grandstands were designed to incorporate:
- New bars / commercial kitchens / public toilets
- Members facility / function rooms / podium
- Store rooms, cool room, freezer room, services access, dumbwaiter
- Disability access / new lift
- Refurbished office area
Also included in this important project was the redevelopment of the forecourt between the oval and the Parade to improve the traffic movement to Woods Street and maximise community enjoyment and appeal.
Burnside Swimming Centre – City of Burnside, SA
Services Provided: Mechanical / Electrical / Fire Protection / Hydraulics
Project Value: $5.3m
The proposal for the Burnside Swimming Centre included significant upgrades to the main building, new aquatic operations pool plant and equipment, new aquatic play space and wading pool, and improvements to recreational spaces and landscape.
BCA Engineers designed and documented modifications to the existing infrastructure and plant, and provided detailed technical documentation for the proposed state of the art pool filtration system and associated replacement plant.
As the City of Burnside had a strict community consultation process, it was imperative for the design team to produce comprehensive documentation in several different stages and on schedule. BCA Engineers adhered to the project program, consulted with the Council representatives to provide the requested technical information for consultation, and successfully achieved all the key project objectives for our client.
The project was considered an intensive building services project, making up a high component of the project total budget.