National Category Winner: Winstone Wallboards Residential Award
Project: Queens Residences
Entrant
Scarbro Construction LImited
Project Partners
Leuschke Group Architects (Architect/Designer), Scarbro Construction Limited (Construction Company)
Owned by
This high-rise residential apartment building was built on a difficult, narrow, inner-city site where access to surrounding buildings had to be maintained at all times. Many elements were manufactured off site and delivered ready to install, demanding meticulous planning and coordination.
National Category Winner: Residential
Project: The Pulse
Entrant
Maynard Marks Limited
Project Partners
Maynard Marks (Architect/Designer, Project Manager), Fletcher Construction Company Limited (Construction Company)
Owned by
The Pulse - Body Corporate
In order to ameliorate issues with weather-tightness, the brief for this project was to extensively re-clad a block of 28 residential apartments. However, architectural observations during the construction phase also revealed significant non-compliance with passive fire protection requirements. Additional design work and a successfully negotiated contract extension has resulted in an excellent project outcome.