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Swanbury Penglase wins Regional Award – Renovation/Modernisation Under $2M

The A4LE 2018 Conference was held this week in Sydney focussing on the 3R’s in the Exponential Age. a4le.org.au

The yearly regional conference covers Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and is always a lively and varied gathering of educators and those associated in the delivery of educational facilities.

A Regional Awards dinner and presentation is held on the evening before the final day and this year Swanbury Penglase was the winner of a Regional Award for the Yurrebilla Centre at Seymour College (check out the project here) in the Renovation/Modernisation under $2M category.

Warm congratulations to the College and to our project team. We are very appreciative for this opportunity and have enjoyed working with Seymour College on this transforming project.

Further, we acknowledge the effort of our contractor Partek, Project Manager ARK and the consultant team: BCA (Building Services), CPR (Structural), Rider Levett Bucknall (Quantity Surveyors) and Katnich Dodd (Building Certifiers). Special thanks also to Studio Piñata for their design of the integrated signage and a display which celebrates Seymour College’s history and the dreaming story of the great giant Yurrebilla, after which the centre is named.

Yesterday saw the official opening of the University of South Australia’s Cancer Research Institute (formerly the Health Innovation Building – HIB)

This is a significant moment in what has been one of the largest projects Swanbury Penglase has delivered.

The $250 million dollar development is the result of over five years work in association with our architectural partners BVN Architecture.

At this time we thank and acknowledge those involved.

Firstly, to the University of South Australia with whom we have been working for in excess of 25 years.

Thank you for this opportunity and your trust in our abilities to deliver this landmark development and grand vision.

To Hansen Yuncken, the Managing Contractor. This was not our first project together and the trust built previously was evident as we worked together through the challenges and milestones to the delivery of something as complex as this building.

To BVN Architecture, the other half of our integrated design team, we have enjoyed the truly collaborative mindset that both our organisations have demonstrated in delivering this project. Together we have worked hard to help transform this part of the city; to realise one of the final parts of the new Biomedical Precinct.

To the wider consultant team including WGA, KBR + Arup and Rider Levett Bucknall, this project is the result of many people’s labours and talents with each playing its vital role in design and delivery.

Finally, a thank you to the Swanbury Penglase team, especially those who have been involved since the beginning of the project.

Jason Timberlake, Marty Frost, Peter Morris, Jasmine Brooksby, Josh Budarick, Matt Raven, Cecilia Tang and Ted Bourchier, these people have been the ‘engine room’ of the project and have been vital to its success.

Congratulations on a fantastic effort.

If you have any questions or would like to talk to Swanbury Penglase about the project or any aspects of it, please get in contact with Project Directors Andrew Phillips or Wayne Grivell.

Some links to aspect of the project can be found here

–University of South Australia – Cancer Research Institute
–First Look: Inside Adelaide’s Futuristic Museum of Discover
–Student Guided Tour Inside First Ever Lab Practical
–Channel 7 News Story – MOD Museum