Manufacturing Facility Upgrade

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Interface Australia is Australia’s largest manufacturer of carpet tiles for residential, commercial and industrial use. The company engaged GHD to assist with a major upgrade of its manufacturing facility. 

It was important to the client that any upgrade was arranged so as to minimise disruption to ongoing plant operations.

The scope of the work includes new and extended office and factory buildings (including the doubling of available manufacturing and warehousing area); roads and car parks; an improved and extended stormwater system including rainwater harvesting; site-wide fire protection services; and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) services.

Our team has an ongoing involvement in the project which involves the provision of planning, engineering and management services, in particular:

  • Concept development and preliminary estimating works
  • Preparation and submission of Development Applications to the consenting authorities and consultation with other controlling authorities
  • Detailed design and documentation of additional infrastructure as required on the site, including structural steel framed building, roads and car parks and drainage works
  • Project scheduling and planning activities
  • Construction management of contractor activities including on-site superintendents role

Consistency and support of Interface Australia’s global sustainability policy is critical to the success of the project. This has meant all project works are being undertaken with a high priority given to environmentally sustainable design principles.

Architecture

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GHD has a networked architecture service group comprising over 400 architects operating in three regions: Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East and Asia.

This connected team has the capacity to deliver large to very large projects. Our architects are strongly client focused and contribute to the delivery of comprehensive, holistic and innovative design solutions, in collaboration with the integrated GHD building and design teams.

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EIA & Approvals

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GHD is recognised for providing holistic and integrated solutions in managing and preparing project impact assessment and approvals. Our environmental and community planning specialists, engineers and scientists work to better understand complex issues associated with our clients new developments – from concept phase through to decommissioning. This approach delivers better environmental and social outcomes, and reduced approvals timeframes and compliance costs.

GHD focuses on the identification of potential environmental constraints and opportunities in the early stages of a project. This allows environmental and social factors to be reflected in the development of the project and mitigation measures to be devised to minimise potential impacts. In doing so, community acceptance is maximised and delays in implementation are significantly reduced.

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HVAC

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GHD has a global network of HVAC professionals that are able to meet our clients’ current and future project demands in a broad range of market sectors - laboratory, communication, residential, computer, government, hotel, industrial, defence, sport, health, sports, education, retail and commercial.

  • Energy efficiency, sustainable design and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are critical components of our work.
  • As well as conventional HVAC design, GHD draws upon its advanced technology, the latest computational tools and its sustainable design experience to provide services, including:
  • Integrated sustainable design
  • Environmentally sustainable design (ESD) services – including sustainability, energy simulation, energy and water auditing services, design of passive cooling systems, accredited Green Star, NABERS, LEED and other major building ratings, integrated energy management and green building framework development
  • Project brief development and design reviews
  • Building envelope and heat transmission simulations
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Visual and thermal comfort analysis
  • Passive and active systems for energy efficiency
  • Life cycle costing
  • Post operational evaluations
  • Building audit services

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Road Systems

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For over 50 years, GHD’s Roads Group has delivered innovative solutions that include aspects of rehabilitation, expansion and development of new highways, complex interchanges, toll roads, bridges and tunnels. Our planners and engineers provide multidisciplinary services to plan, design, construct, maintain and manage all aspects of road corridor life cycles at a strategic, tactical and operational level.

From planning and procurement through to feasibility and investigation as well as design, construction, delivery and maintenance, GHD provides customer-centric solutions for roads that incorporate masterplanning, funding and economic analysis, transport planning, asset management, environmental management, risk management and more.

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Sustainability

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Our services are designed to help clients understand, measure and improve the sustainability performance of their business. We guide clients through a practical and comprehensive process resulting in the implementation of sustainability initiatives in a manner that supports continual business improvement and efficiency.

With strong technical skill and experience across a diverse range of industries, GHD gives organisations access to a wealth of effective sustainable solutions from around the world. We assist clients to develop solutions that improve social outcomes while protecting bio-diversity, increasing efficiency of materials, energy and water use, and reducing/offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.

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