This landmark renewable energy project is Australia’s first eight-hour Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installation. Alongside the Limondale solar farm, the BESS will connect to the existing 33kV transmission line.
Miglic MacLeod proudly delivered the structural and civil design for the BESS, which is comprised of many Tesla Megapack batteries and is located near Balranald in NSW. The Limondale BESS has an installed capacity of 50 MW that can be supplied for a duration of eight hours.
Miglic MacLeod worked with delivery partner EHV to generate and analyse several design options before agreeing the concepts for the structural and civil design. Miglic MacLeod delivered the structural and civil design that considered:
- Broad stakeholder input
- Criticality of this renewable energy infrastructure
- The geotechnical profile
- Structural footing and support solutions
- Overland flow and propensity for flooding
- Roads and pavements
- Minimising cut and fill.
The Limondale BESS will support the energy transition by storing excess renewable energy and feeding it into the NSW grid when it is needed most.
Our engineering team developed a civil design and masterplan for the project and designing On-Site Water Detention system and drainage.
The Heathdale Christian College involved the structural design of a two-story primary school building of over 2000sqm, new external storage buildings, external covered walkways and landscaping.
The project structural system is consisted of suspended footings, precast external walls and long span PT slab and steel roof trusses.
We take pride in providing innovative solutions that not only meet but exceed our client’s expectations. Our passion for excellence is evident in all aspects of our work.
Miglic MacLeod provided structural and civil engineering design for the Oxley Kids ELC upgrade which included an additional 2 learning spaces, upgraded commercial kitchen, new Out of School Hours Care Building (OSHC) and extensive external soft and hard playscape areas. The project was constructed in a live environment with both the school and ELC remaining fully operational throughout the works.
Works included design and documentation of the new building to the southwest side of existing buildings including a challenging architectural intent with multiple restraints regarding bracings and column positions. It also included multiple roof level and falls and a connection to the existing building.
Miglic MacLeod provided full structural and civil documentation for the building, landscaping, elevated walkways and playground and provided construction stage services to project completion.
The G1 Apartments are centrally located in the heart of Geelong and contain four distinct apartment types, each offering a truly individual lifestyle to meet the needs of all prospective residents. The building footprint is substantial and covers a large part of one of Geelong’s city blocks.
Miglic MacLeod was engaged for our reliable innovation and efficiency to provide civil and structural engineering services on time and within budget for the multi-storey apartment building.
Our services included:
- Preliminary design of post-tensioned slabs
- Design of the precast concrete columns and panels
- Design of the roof steel framing
- Design of the basement retention system
- Civil design of external pavements and crossover, site surface drainage, basement level seepage drainage and stormwater drainage.
It was important that the end result looked aesthetically warm, elegant, spacious and contemporary, and for residential developments like this, simple and elegant engineering solutions mean that there are no unknowns for the client and the builder.
We worked with the architect and developer to achieve a cost effective yet visually appealing outcome by providing prompt, detail-orientated and reliable engineering, and supporting on-time and on-budget delivery of the project.
Axiom is an 80 apartment and three commercial tenancy development on a 1600 square metre site in Footscray. The building has six apartment levels, ground-floor car parking and commercial tenancies, a single basement level, and 112 car spaces over two levels.
Miglic MacLeod worked closely with the developer and architect to design the project in an open and collaborative manner. Our goal was to achieve a cost effective and aesthetically pleasing design grounded in high utility and reliability. As a residential building, it needed to be functional yet warm and innovative to appeal to a younger target market. At every step, we provided our client with a prompt service and technically-sound solutions.
The structural system of the building consisted of:
- Post-tensioned in-situ concrete floors
- Reinforced concrete columns and walls
- Precast concrete stair cores and external walls
- Concrete retention system with temporary ground anchors
- A lightweight timber and steel roof structure.
Civil design components included seepage drainage, roof drainage and water storage for recycling.
This 4-storey luxury apartment block in Armadale required careful structural and civil design by Miglic MacLeod. With a focus on design efficiency and quality, the team cost effectively addressed engineering challenges and worked closely with stakeholders for a high-quality result.
Our structural engineers explored the design and aesthetic opportunities for the residence using reinforced concrete materials. Ground anchors were used for the retention structure of the double-storey basement. This consisted of a bored pier and shotcrete wall system. These necessary components provided extra strength required for the building.
Our engineers also worked closely with the architect and our client to achieve fire ratings requirements. Our team designed the structural frame to the required Fire Resistance Level (FRL) in compliance with NCC requirements.
One of the civil engineering challenges was the drainage of the lower basement in the double storey basement car park on a tight site. We designed a water tank and stormwater pump station system at the lower basement level to protect the area from being flooded during a high rainfall event.
Mac Robertson Girls’ High School is a selective entry, government high school for high-ability students in Years 9-12. The school has produced many high-achieving women over the last 90 years.
Primarily focused on additional teaching and learning spaces to increase capacity, allowing more high-ability female students to attend the school. This project involved the upgrade and modernisation of the Mac.Rob’s facilities to create contemporary learning spaces accommodating up to 300 additional students.
The scope of works Miglic MacLeod was engaged to undertake the structural and civil design, associated with:
- Refurbishment to the ground floor of south wing, which involved demolition of most internal and external walls, while retaining the structural framing
- Upgrading the undercroft pavement
- Constructing a new covered area to the north of south wing
- Providing a landscaped link between south and west wings
- Designing a new entrance with an extended airlock, a lift and accessible amenities to west wing
- Other minor refurbishments to the ground floor and first floor of the west wing.
Miglic MacLeod is proud to have partnered with Mac.Rob in this and other projects in support of educating high-ability female students.
Miglic MacLeod delivered the structural and civil engineering design, and associated construction stage services for the new Learning Building at Peter Lalor Secondary College.
Our contribution included the structural design of the new Learning Building and surrounding areas. We briefed and managed the geotechnical and environmental engineers to inform our design and subsequently delivered the structural design for the:
- Reinforced concrete footings and slabs
- Steel framed columns and roof structure
- Secondary steel framing for operable walls and façade support
- Landscape features
Upon completing the design, we provided a certificate of structural compliance.
Our civil team completed all civil engineering design works associated with the project including:
- All car parking and asphalt surfaces
- All pits and pipes to provide effective stormwater drainage
- Kerbs and channel
- Concrete pavements and paths
- Retaining walls
- Surface runoff and retention devices
- Coordination with landscape designer for surface water drainage and pavement design.
Miglic MacLeod was engaged for the significant expansion and upgrade of the Casa Club in Epping.
The project involved large extensions to the existing buildings, including a new members area, entry, green room and function foyer, delivery dock, coat room, and café terrace. Additionally, new ramps and a lift were installed in the existing bocce court, and careful interfacing between new and existing works was carried out to ensure seamless integration.
Further developments included the construction of a soccer shelter, changing rooms, and an entry to the south of the existing bocce court. The project also featured two basketball/netball stadiums, a two-story building to the south of stadium 1, and various facilities such as a gym, entry foyer, childcare, and tennis court pavilion. Covered areas were also added around stadiums 1 and 2, enhancing the overall functionality and appeal of the club.
The award-winning Junior School at Geelong College was designed to provide contemporary new facilities that foster learning and thinking. In alignment with the master plan for the growing student population, Miglic MacLeod worked closely with Geelong College and architect John Wardle Studio on this significant project that won the 2021 Henry Bairstow award for educational architecture.
The structural engineering works performed by Miglic MacLeod included:
- Design and certification of several new buildings
- Alterations and additions to existing structures
- Design of hard landscaping structures
- Construction stage services with inspections, reviews and advice
Our civil engineering design works included:
- Carpark and road pavements
- Stormwater drainage infrastructure throughout
- Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) compliance.
These enhancements will not only created capacity for the growing student population but also provided a sustainable and inspiring learning environment.
The new two-storey building at the Mayflower Aged Care facility in Reservoir was delivered to more than double the residential capacity to 110 residents. Miglic MacLeod was engaged to provide the engineering design and construction stage consultancy services for the new aged care project in Reservoir.
Miglic MacLeod worked with the client to conduct and refine the design with a rigorous value management approach. The project was to be undertaken while allowing the existing facility to remain operational, which posed several challenges to ensure that the impact on residents was minimised.
Our engineers worked with project manager Connect PM and CHC Architects to design a robust steel framed structure that could be easily adapted for any future changes in planning and architecture. A Condeck slab was integrated with the steel structure for cost-effective and efficient construction.
The demolition of the existing buildings was planned in two phases so there would be at least one functional building to house residents. Our design solution also allowed the integrity of the civil structures to be preserved throughout the demolition and construction.
The overall structural system included:
- Steel framed structure
- Condeck slab for the first floor
- Precast panels for lifts and stairwell core
- Timber truss roof.
Our civil engineering design works included:
- Carpark and pavements
- Stormwater drainage infrastructure
- Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD).
Miglic MacLeod’s responsiveness and innovation helped our clients to achieve an efficient, optimised solution to a challenging project. We helped our clients to achieve major works within budget while remaining operational and with minimised impact on residents.
The construction of a new Junior School at the Scots School Albury will provide world-class facilities.
The project is to be staged to provide a new BGA funded Junior School building and new carpark of Young St and then an adaptive reuse of existing buildings to accommodate the balance of the Junior School
Miglic MacLeod is providing full engineering services for schematic design, design development, construction documentation and construction phases. This includes structural and civil engineering design advice, documentation and construction phase for new single storey Junior School building and adaptive reuse of existing buildings.
Scope of service included but is not limited to:
- working to existing buildings including forming new openings in existing walls, removing existing internal walls, and providing new linking covered way structures and decks
- providing review and advice of structural sections of the NATSPEC specification
- providing structural and civil certification for building permit to current NCC
- provide engineering services during construction including site inspections of footings, reinforcement, and structure; review shop drawings; and provide responses to RFI’s
- confirm legal point of discharge and liaise with authorities regarding local requirements for stormwater and carpark drainage and crossovers
- coordination with other consultants
- provide statements to the building surveyor that the design intent has been met for practical completion
As part of their masterplan for growth, Thomas Carr College’s Stage 1A and 1B included construction of a new two-storey senior school building. Stage 1A provides 10 new general learning areas and Stage 1B provides an additional 10 plus one new STEM building.
These two stages form significant parts of the masterplan. Stage 2 will also be linked to this building in the future to further extend the Senior School Building. The building was designed with concrete precast panels as the ground floor framing, first floor post tension slab, and a steel structure for the second – floor framing and the roof.
Miglic MacLeod successfully achieved architectural functional requirements while keeping the design cost-effective.
The Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC) in Narre Warren, Victoria is an education and research facility designed specifically for the plumbing . Recognised for its ground-breaking design, PICAC Narre Warren received a commendation in the AIA 2021 Victorian Chapter Awards, a High Commendation in the 2020 Sustainability Awards.
The campus is recognised as Victoria’s first net zero research facility, completely powered from on-site renewable energy. The 5-Star Green Star rated building includes a 100-seat auditorium, training rooms, confined spaces and roof access training areas, welding and gas fitting facilities, and administration offices.
PICAC not only deploys sustainable building systems operationally but reveals them throughout the building, benefiting learners and showcasing them to industry, accelerating the adoption of these systems.
Miglic MacLeod’s deep engagement and responsiveness, combined with our civil and structural expertise, ensured PICAC achieved their environmental aims reliably and efficiently.
Our structural and civil engineers also included solutions for:
- Screw pile foundations
- Water sensitive urban design
- Sustainability design
- Optimised orientation and exposure
- Training spaces design
Environmentally friendly and energy efficient design and materials were implemented. Solar access was optimised through targeted exposure, deep overhangs and vertical shaded glazing, and stormwater run off was managed.
Melbourne Connect is a visionary development project located in Carlton on the site of the former Royal Women’s Hospital. It is being delivered through a partnership between the University of Melbourne and a consortium of developers, investors and managers led by Lendlease.
Strategically located between the University of Melbourne and Melbourne’s CBD, this flagship innovation precinct co-locates multiple players in the innovation system to generate diverse social, environmental and economic benefits.
The Lendlease consortium chose Miglic MacLeod for our responsiveness and innovation to assist in the value management and redesign of a structurally challenging façade. Consisting of inclined brick walls interspersed with glass panels, the façade overhung a pedestrian walkway and posed a high level of risk. It needed to be designed with a clear focus on strength and safety.
Our approachable and collaborative consulting style allowed us to gain an intimate understanding of the project needs. We not only delivered a safe design solution but also saved tonnes of steel through effective value management.
Miglic MacLeod was able to provide exceptional, tangible results: a safe, functional and optimised design solution, within budget and time constraints, that was practical and efficient.
The Hume Tech School Broadmeadows campus is Kangan Institute’s largest campus that delivers courses in trades, business, IT, justice, community, children’s services, hospitality, animals, plants and sciences.
With public transport nearby and plenty of on-site parking, campus houses a number of leading learning facilities including our student-run onsite training restaurant, ‘Richards’, and the Gunung-Willam-Balluk Learning Centre for Indigenous students.
Partnering with industry and leveraging from best practice, Kangan Institute has commenced planning for the creation of a $60m innovative, flexible and sustainable Health and Community Centre of Excellence that will be the benchmark for vocational health education in Australia.
Miglic MacLeod has been engaged to provide all structural engineering services throughout the proposed works, including design of all primary structural elements and to advise on the location and structural implications of the selection and installation of any specialist equipment as well as structural certification.
Our civil team also has general responsibility for the provision of the civil elements.
Civil and structural detailed design and construction stage services for multiple KFC sites such as:
- KFC Berwick
- KFC Epson
- KFC Chirnside Park
- KFC Doncaster
Working closely with Oberon PM, Miglic Macleod have been involved in a number of KFC restaurant projects, producing unique designs and façade layouts.
These projects are usually 2-storied steel framed with concrete slab floor. Signage structures and drive through canopies.
The civil scope of these projects usually involve:
- Carpark + drive-thru and footpath pavements
- Stormwater drainage systems
- Pedestrian cross overs
Austin Health is the largest provider of tertiary health services, education and research in the northeast of Melbourne One of the many projects Miglic MacLeod has completed for Austin Health is a feasibility study to renovate and modify level two of the Austin Hospital’s Harold Stokes Building to include an additional 14 operating theatres
This feasibility study provided:
- A review of the structural layout and drawings
- Stakeholder coordination to support installation of services
- Loading plans and keys to assist with new equipment
- Details and notes of structural requirements for penetrations throughout the structure
Our assessment and findings were presented in a detailed report of the existing structure and feasibility of the proposed renovation.
Other projects completed by Miglic MacLeod on behalf of Austin Health include:
- Patient lifter installation
- Repatriation Hospital flood damage assessment
- Kitchen kettle installation
- Lift upgrades
- Design and documentation for clinical works package
- Multiple structural assessment reports
