New home for the School of Property Construction and Project Management (PCPM) staff in Building 8, Level 8

• Address
• Project overview
• Project update
• Project update: staff and student access
• Project timeline
• Consultants

Address

360 Swanston Street, City

Project overview

Staff in the School of Property Construction and Project Management (PCPM) are being relocated from Building 101, on the corner of La Trobe and Russell Streets into the eighth level of Building 8, in the heart of the City campus, which is being refurbished to accommodate the School’s diverse needs. There are two stages in the project.

Stage 1

• Construction of an informal student lounge and study space
• Refurbished administrative and office areas

Stage 2

• Three new teaching spaces – each with a capacity to seat between 50 and 70 people
• Enlargement and refurbishment of current teaching space, which will be modified to
• include a section of existing administration offices.
• Upgrade of all workstation furniture in the administrative / office areas that were refurbished as part of Stage 1.
• Upgrade and modernise two entry points into the School
• Refurbish large outdoor balcony area, which will include shelter, seating, plants and rock gardens, and lighting
• New flooring material to be installed throughout the School
• Major mechanical upgrade to service teaching spaces
• New data room to accommodate new data rack

Project update

September – December 2009

The tender for the main contractor (construction company) closed on 13^th November with McCormack being appointed. Construction works began in late November with works set to finish in February, 2010, in time for first semester.

May – August 2009

Schematic design for Stage 2 has been completed and detailed design is due for completion in mid-September. The tender for the main contractor will be issued shortly after the detailed design is finished.

April 2009

Building 8, Level 8 Stage 1 refurbishments are now complete and the School of PCPM staff are moving into their new premises.

March 2009

The contractor – ISIS Projects – has been appointed for building works and construction commenced in late March.

Project timeline

Work begins	Stage 1 March 2009 Stage 2 June 2009
Work ends	Stage 1 April 2009 Stage 2 Late February, 2010

Consultants

RMIT Project Manager	Jacqui Bercov and Rocky Depace
RMIT Manager, Client Relations	Tony Metherell
Services Engineer	O’Connor Associates
Building Surveyor	BGSM
Quantity Surveyor	Prowse Quantity Surveyors
Architect	Payne Pattenden
Main Contractor	ISIS Projects (Stage 1)
Main Contractor	McCormack (Stage 2)