Western Base City of Melton Melbourne, BACE Australian Industrial Building, Victoria Commercial Development Project Images

Western Base in Melbourne

Industrial Building in Australia design by Six Degrees architects

3 Mar 2017

Architects: Six Degrees

Location: City of Melton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Western Base

Photos by Alice Hutchison

Western Base Melbourne

A key strategic project for the City of Melton and the Department of Sustainability, Western Business Accelerator & Centre for Excellence (BACE) operates as a ‘business incubator’ for startup businesses in Melton, where there is very limited opportunities for local employment.

It was designed to be a catalyst project in a greenfield area for the emerging community. The building had a very complex brief, and a strong focus on ESD (to ensure low running costs for in the long-term). The design process was only 5.5 months and the project came in on budget at tender time. Six Degrees assisted the client with the shortlisting process for the D&C Tender, and also provided post tender input.

The complexities of the procurement process meant that only Tier 1 & 2 builders were able to tender, complying with the Federal Government’s stringent requirements. The project was an outstanding success from a time and budget perspective. It also exceeded it’s environmental targets, achieving a Greenstar certified 6 star design rating and a Greenstar certified 5 star “as built” rating.

Western Base – Building Information

Project size: 3200 sqm
Completion date: 2015
Building levels: 2

Consultant Team
– Structural Engineer: George Apted & Associates
– Services Engineers: SPA Consulting Engineers
– Environmental Consultant: Sustainable Built Environments
– Landscape Architect: Tim Nicholas Landscape Architecture
– Quantity Surveyor: Slattery Australia
– Building Surveyor: PLP
– Acoustic Engineer: David Dolly, ACA
– Traffic: Ratio
– Audio Visual: CHW

Construction Team
– Builder ProBuild (Monaco Hickey)

Awards

2016 AIA (Vic) Sustainable Architecture Allan and Beth Coldicutt Award
2015 Architecture and Design Sustainability Award for Large Commercial

Six Degrees Practice Team:

– Director: Peter Malatt
– Director/design: Simon O’Brien
– Project Architect: Shol Nicholas
– Project Architect: Jo Tinyou
– Interior Design: Robyn Ho
– Documentation: Laura Tindall