Subdivisional Civil Design and Supervision
We provide comprehensive civil engineering services, including site investigations and feasibility studies, design and documentation, construction management and project supervision, for urban development and infrastructure. Our work extends through the residential, commercial, industrial and public sectors and we have had responsibility for a wide range of projects in cities and regional centres throughout Australia.
Our expertise includes: Subdivisional design and supervision; Effluent, drainage and stormwater management; Air-strips, roadworks and pavements; Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded land; General civil works including earthworks, retaining walls and site stabilisation.
Airport civil works, runway pavement design and supervision ranging in scale from major work at Alice Springs Airport and Tindal RAAF base to smaller strips at locations such as Marla, Coober Pedy and Goolwa.
A former sand mine with excavation to a depth of eight metres also including a spring-fed pond, was filled, drained and developed into a 45-block housing estate.
Common Effluent and Sewerage schemes for a range of clients including regional towns such as Nairne and Balaklava, as well as nursing homes and residential developments.
Design of a marina, commercial, waterfront and dryland residential development south of Adelaide.
Development of a 72-unit prestige housing development in a former quarry at Birksgate which involved stabilising the loosely filled quarry floor using Vibro-Dynamic Compaction, an innovative technique developed by our firm. The system has subsequently been used on a number of former claypit sites.
Numerous residential subdivisions in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland ranging in size from 30 to 1200 dwellings.
Planning and design of a 700 ha industrial land division at The Levels.
Redevelopment of a former saleyard in Melbourne into a 1200-unit site with a range of residential options including detached houses, terraces, units and retirement.
Rehabilitation of the former Hallett Bricks quarry and factory at Allenby Gardens into an award winning residential development, involving controlled compaction of more than 500,000 cubic metres of fill.
Road and intersection design and pavement modifications on Main North East Road, Modbury for entry to Tea Tree Plus shopping centre. Other road intersection designs at Blanchetown, Murray Bridge, Salisbury and Warooka.
Storm water retention schemes involving basins, lakes and weirs for subdivisions in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Aquifer Stormwater Recharge Scheme
Design of environmental management scheme for a sand mine in the Adelaide Plains. Adjacent the Gawler River, the mine rehabilitation scheme included using the main pits as a stormwater detention basin accommodating the 1 in 10 year flood diverter from the Gawler River and pumping the water to the underlying aquifer. The EIS included establishing a market for the stored water as irrigation for the adjacent market gardens. All earthworks designs and catchment and market studies were included in the project.
