Project overview

Foursite were engaged by the CC&K Play Centre and Kelly Architecture to deliver on the extension and refurbishment works of the existing daycare centre in Belmont, Victoria. The project area stretched across a 2770m2 site which included 800m2 of new build, 200m2 carpark and a 350m2 refurbishment of an existing building. The new building works consisted of a single level slab-on-ground, brick veneer and metal cladding build, along with a modernised commercial standard internal fitout, fit for over 120 children.

Our process

Around 100km from Foursites head office, Foursite needed to engage with local trades and employ locally based staff to be based onsite fulltime. The project was deemed high risk due to its live environment throughout the entire projects duration. The project required a premium safety standard to be set and upheld over the 11 months onsite, to ensure the safety of both parents, children and staff. The existing building also contained contaminated materials which needed to be removed and managed with this same premium level standard. The project required monthly meetings, chaired by Foursite, along with ongoing cashflow reporting and program status updates. 

As the project was spread across the entire site and required high risk works to be carried out, the scope was divided up into 3 stages, each needing to be fully handed over prior to the next starting. The site also needs its compound to be relocated twice to limit any disruption to the centre, to ensure it could remain open 100% of the time during construction.

Outcome

Foursite managed to deliver this project 2.5 months ahead of the contractual PC date, while also including around $130k of additional scope being added. There were over 14,000 trade hours completed across 48 subcontracting teams engaged. We managed to engage around 80% local trades to the Belmont/Geelong area, all of which contributed greatly to the success of this project. Foursite have received glowing feedback from both the architect and client for the delivery of this project.