FMG Engineering & Channel Ten's 'The Home Team'

FMG Engineering’s Victorian Housing Team is part of the new television show on home renovation called 'The Home Team'.

FMG Engineering's involvement is to provide advice on the removal of existing load bearing walls, new support beams required and design of a new external timber deck.

Check out the video segments that have been filmed to date involving FMG Engineering here:
http://bit.ly/1pt7J9N or you can catch full episodes here: http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-home-team.

You can watch The Home Team at 3.30pm Weekdays on TEN — Join the experts as they renovate and restore a typical Australian suburban home. With DIY tips, design and landscaping, The Home Team will help you navigate your next DIY project or renovation.

ACE Body Corporate Management - Issue#153 - November 2014

Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design Winner

Winner - (SA) Oaklands Wetland Stormwater Reuse Scheme by FMG Engineering, DesignFlow and Taylor Cullity Lethlean.

Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia President and Katrine Hildyard MP congratulate Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design Winners Kristy Good from Sydney Catchment Authority (far left), Jeremy Clapp from FMG Engineering (middle), Ann Shaw Rungie from Ann Shaw Rungie Consulting (right) and Robin Allison from DesignFlow (far right) with Taylor Cullity Lethlean for their Oaklands Wetland Stormwater Reuse Scheme.

This $9M project harvests stormwater to provide an alternative water supply for non-potable uses, reducing the reliance on traditional water resources such as the River Murray and Mount Lofty Ranges catchments.

The project also decreases the impact of urban runoff on downstream waterways and coastal environments by capturing pollutants found in stormwater.

http://www.stormwater.asn.au/emag/Stormwater_Australia_Bulletin_Edition_212_October/#/1/

Slam Dunk Footing Report for Primary School Basketball Rings!

Bridgewater Primary School recently had two basketball rings donated to them, unfortunately due to their size they needed some suitable footings designed.  Due to the lack of available funds to pay for engineering and installation, the basketball rings ended up lying on the ground, unusable.  When we heard about this, Operations Manager Sean Gibbs jumped into action and took some measurements and photographs of the rings and asked our Housing Civil Engineer Ben Lewis, to design a suitable footing system, free of charge!  A footing contractor then kindly volunteered his time one weekend and had it installed so that the kids can now use their brand new rings!

Major Projects Won

East Grand Trunkway, Gillman
FMG Research House have been contracted by Bardavcol Pty Ltd to undertake a level 1 controlled fill for a industrial subdivision project at East Grand Trunkway Gillman, Stage 1 comprising 7 allotments which vary in size from approximately 9000m2 to 14000m2 and two access roads. Project value $12M.

Lindt, Sydney Business Park, Marsden Park
We have been engaged by design and construct builder Qanstruct to provide structural and civil engineering services for Lindt in Marsden Park. This project consists of a temperature controlled warehouse of approximately 20,000 square metres, including 20 metre cantilever awning, 5,400 square metres of maintenance area and chocolate production areas.
There is also a large 3 level office component of about 2500 sqm.
truck marshalling area, recessed truck docks and carpark for 320 cars on a site with a 5 metre fall that will add to the challenge for the civil design.

Yarraville Residential Development
FMG Engineering's environmental group has been engaged by a developer who has Council approval to construct apartments on a site that is contaminated and was historically used as a municipal landfill.  A condition of Council's approval is the completion of a rigorous soil and groundwater assessment and design of an engineered capping layer, under the supervision of an EPA appointed auditor.

Monash University C2 Residential Project
Monash University's new master plan for the Clayton Campus aims to increase the number of residential beds from the current 1,750 beds to 10,000. The first stage of the plan identified three sites to provide an extra 1,000 beds each. FMG have been engaged by architects McBride Charles Ryan as structural and civil engineers on one of the sites. The building is 7 stories high and has approx. 250 apartments over the top six levels. The ground floor is a retail area, with construction cost estimates at approximately $30 million.
The floors are post tensioned and are supported by internal and external precast panels. The internal and external panels are supported by columns at ground floor to allow for open spaces for the retail area. Whilst the façade is distinctive, it is only made up of precast panels of two different shapes.

Monash University

"Excellence in Multi-Stage Development" Norstar Steel Recyclers

Norstar has recently completed construction of a new shredder for their metal recycling plant. The client initially engaged Burns Hamilton to manage the design phase of the project that required management and co-ordination of the contractors and subcontractors involved in the project. This involved weekly design meetings to ensure that all information and drawings were sent to and coordinated with the relevant parties, and that all queries were answered as soon as possible to keep the project moving.

The client was so impressed with our design management that they engaged FMG Engineering to manage the construction stage.

Being responsive to the client, following up straight away and communicating regularly made a huge difference to the project. All consultants and contractors on the project benefited by being able to access information in a more timely manner, resulting in a smoothly run and highly successful project.

Michelle Collett          

Structural Engineer, VIC
 

Norstar Steel Recyclers

"Exceeding Expectations at Weston Milling"

An initial forensic inspection on a warehouse building identified a number of structural deficiencies including severe deterioration of parts of the building that required urgent rectification, primarily affecting their warehouse and distribution network.

The client's initial internal advice and estimates were suggesting an unacceptable timeframe for downtime of this critical business element.

FMG Engineering was engaged to investigate and facilitate an approach to drastically reduce the time the warehouse was under repair. From approval to proceed, design documentation was produced in a staged manner from three weeks with Development Approvals being gained for the initial stages within six weeks.

FMG Engineering facilitated a team to deliver methodology, design, documentation and construction of works with the warehouse being unavailable for only six months. We also assisted the client in securing temporary facilities for the duration of the works.

FMG Engineering's pro-active approach led to a rapid solution to a complex set of problems, far exceeding Weston Milling's expectations.

Serhan Halil
Senior Structural Engineer

Testimonial
"When MAURI anz needed to demolish and rebuild a stone warehouse in Adelaide, we asked FMG Engineering to provide structural engineering support to the project. From the outset, FMG Engineering gave great advice on everything from the initial emergency propping of the warehouse, to the complete rebuild of the facility. The outcome was a demolition and construction project that was finished to a high specification, on time, and to a very tight budget. FMG Engineering's involvement was much wider than structural engineering. I have no doubt that without their input we would not have got such good value for money for an activity, that as a food company, we rarely conduct. I would enlist FMG Engineering's support again in a heartbeat."

John Power
Operations Director
MAURI anz

Weston Milling Warehouse