Melbourne Arts Centre

Lendlease

Sector: Urban, Public Infrastructure

  • 8,000Workhours
  • 98%Resource Recovery Rate
  • >2,500tConcrete Removed
  • 368tHeaviest Design Lift
  • 58Reinforced Concrete “T” Beams Demolished
  • 1.2km+Of Road-Sawing
  • 100t | 272tPost Tensioned Beams Removed
  • Traffic Management
  • Enviro Monitoring & Controls
  • Temp Works Engineering
  • Strip Out
  • Manual Demolition
  • Mechanical Demolition
  • Cut & Lift Demolition
  • Scaffold
  • Hoardings
  • Heritage Protection
  • Services
  • Cranage & Rigging
  • Live Environments
  • Stakeholder Engagement

Unique Attributes

  • Design, fabrication, and use of bespoke gantry system to facilitate removal of beams and demolition of decks
  • Use of Doolan’s Heavy Lift and Lock Gantry System to remove 100t and 272t Post Tensioned beams
  • Construction of mobile crane platforms
  • Removal of inground pile caps and associated retaining wall, including reinstatement of pile cap excavations
  • Works undertaken in a ‘live’ (arts centre) environment

Key Challenges

  • Noise and vibration sensitive demolition methodology to protect adjoining heritage listed structures, including rubber tracks on 47t excavators
  • 5.5 Star NABERS and 5 Star Greenstar rating requirements, including tracking and reporting
  • Traffic management and supervision, with major road and pedestrian thoroughfare closures to facilitate deck removals
  • Transport offsite of all demolished material, including individual precast elements weighing over 70t each
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