Argall

Coles Southland

Coles commissioned a full store upgrade to their store located at the Westfield Southland Shopping Centre in Cheltenham. As this was Argall BIM Manager Mike’s local shopping location, Argall was excited about the opportunity to be involved in this project. The project saw the existing store that was 16 years old, along with the adjacent Liquorworks, be fully dismantled and then re-established. This included a wide variety of upgrades including a new click-and-collect precinct in the car park externally.
The structural solution to the new fit-out works were complex and in some locations required detailed structural investigations of the existing structure as part of the upgrades. This brought about a redesign to the initial concept in some locations to best work with the existing structure, plant areas, and construction joint locations.

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TRG (Mainbrace Constructions)
2021-2022
$3M
The composition of the existing structure posed some issues with the proposed installation. In addition to working through these issues, there were also boundary conditions set by the lessor around fixings and loading that need to adhere to, and in some cases approved by the third party. As part of this development, Coles also introduced a new bulkhead system using products from Knotwood. As part of our role, we were required to undertake a detailed structural investigation and modelling into this product to then design a new custom fixing and installation methodology that could be used across this and future stores.

Architect:

TRG (Mainbrace Constructions)

Year:

2021-2022

Construction Budget:

$3M

Challenges:

The composition of the existing structure posed some issues with the proposed installation. In addition to working through these issues, there were also boundary conditions set by the lessor around fixings and loading that need to adhere to, and in some cases approved by the third party. As part of this development, Coles also introduced a new bulkhead system using products from Knotwood. As part of our role, we were required to undertake a detailed structural investigation and modelling into this product to then design a new custom fixing and installation methodology that could be used across this and future stores.
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ANDREW GALL, Director

Argall was founded in 2017 by Andrew Gall, an engineer with a passion for complex design and breaking the mould. His work experience as a senior structural engineer across a variety of project disciplines made him realise there was a real need for a bespoke people and service-oriented structural engineering consultancy that would inspire sustainability practices and innovation often lacking in big companies.

This is over and above his experience in traditional procurement roles, his work with builders in the design and construct field, managing projects in sport, tertiary education, the arts and zoological fields, as well as community, commercial, residential and multi- residential enterprises. With such a wealth of knowledge and understanding of different design methodologies, he has the expertise to challenge the status quo in his new venture.

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