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Merrifield South Community Centre

To cater to the present and future requirements of the local community, the Merrifield South Community Centre building includes several essential elements, comprising of preschool rooms, consulting rooms, offices, a cafe and reception areas. The Centre also plans to reserve an area for future expansion, enabling it to adapt and grow along with the evolving needs of the community.
This project was an expansive single-story structure, built within the City of Hume and situated adjacent to the Kalkallo North Community Centre. Structural elements include a steel frame constructed over suspended concrete raft slabs that are supported by bored piers. Furthermore, the project involved planning and design of a car park to serve the needs of the building.

Architect:

Year:

Construction Budget:

Challenges:

Croxon Ramsay
2020
$6.5m
Alike the Kalkallo North site the founding material was highly reactive and this needed to be accounted for as part of the detailing of the ground floor slab to ensure heaving didn’t have a negative affect on the structure. Additionally, the projects received additional funding during the construction phase which excitingly led to extensions to the structure that had been built at that time. The design for these additions to the structure were required to consider and work with the extent of construction that had been completed at that time.

Architect:

Croxon Ramsay

Year:

2020

Construction Budget:

$6.5m

Challenges:

Alike the Kalkallo North site the founding material was highly reactive and this needed to be accounted for as part of the detailing of the ground floor slab to ensure heaving didn’t have a negative affect on the structure. Additionally, the projects received additional funding during the construction phase which excitingly led to extensions to the structure that had been built at that time. The design for these additions to the structure were required to consider and work with the extent of construction that had been completed at that time.
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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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