SAGE Automation

Swanbury Penglase worked with Renewal SA and Sage Automation to develop a new head office and adjacent manufacturing space under the Main Assembly Building (MAB) roof at Tonsley.

SAGE Automation is a leading South Australian manufacturing business specialising in high end automation and engineering switching and signage systems. They had outgrown their previous space at Melrose Park which had seen the business split across six separate tenancies that had been acquired as the business grew.

The decision to relocate to a purpose-built central facility was a significant milestone for SAGE, allowing them to bring all of their teams back together in the one space, under the one roof. It was significant too for Renewal SA as it filled a comparatively large part of the MAB internal space, enclosing a significant portion of the western side of the MAB and providing further momentum to the redevelopment.

The project consists of a 1330m2 open plan office building floating below the existing MAB structure and a 2175m2 manufacturing space which utilises and integrates with the existing MAB structure to provide an open and light filled space suitable for high end manufacturing of complex automation and control gear.

The project includes base building works and an integrated open plan fitout for 100 staff, most of whom are engineers. While Tonsley has a range of excellent food outlets available, the brief included the provision of a large staff break out space, another first, to provide informal space for staff to gather.

The project development stage saw close collaboration between all parties to ensure the high design standards for Tonsley were delivered, both externally and in the fitout.

In addition to the Sage facility, a separate tenancy space of 165m2 was created and fitted out with an integrated tenancy for Co-HAB, another tenant which Swanbury Penglase had previously worked with in the Main Administration Building at Tonsley.