Background

The City of Marion and the Australian Government are redeveloping the oval into a modern sporting and community facility with a purpose-built 2-storey building.

Project Detail

– 2-storey function centre

– Upgraded cycling and cricket storage building

– Resurfaced velodrome

– Updated memorial gardens

– Extended carparks and landscape areas

– New cricket practice nets

Construction Detail

– Structural steel framing

– Extensive glazed viewing areas

– Perforated facades

– Reclaimed flooring

– Block work and off-form concrete walling

Challenges

–  Velodrome design unable to be achieved due to bitumen plant restrictions,
so alternative concrete design was undertaken.

–  Ground water during piling caused significant delays to the programme, but we were able to mitigate the delays by resequencing and altering the project staging.

–  Structural steel design was incomplete, causing a lenghthy shop drawing process to address design shortfalls.

–  Maintained public and club access to velodrome and carparks during construction.

–  Client design phase value management process left significant holes in the scope and detailing on the project.

–  Maintained and protected the adjacent bowls greens during construction.

Outcome

–  Successful delivery of a high-quality build within budget.

–  Good relationship with client and stakeholders.

Team

Ash Jolly – Estimator

Piotr Rzad – Project Manager

David Beare – Site Manager

Jason Zub- Contract Administrator

James Seppelt – HSE Officer

Awards

–  2019 MBA Excellence in a Civil / Engineering Construction

–  2020 Parks & Leisure Australia SA/NT Community Facility of the Year