Issue 2 - June 2007

Push the boundaries...anything is possible.

VIEWGPO site puts Broad on centre stage Design Management process creates win-win

Kari’s Desk ...................... page 2

GPO Refurbishment ......pages 3 & 4

Design Management Agreement ...................... page 5

HSE Focus ....................... page 6

New Performing Arts Venue ......................... pages 7-9

Broad’s new website ......... page 10

MPM: Building Relationships .................. page 11

Constructing Woolworths ................... page 12

Award Time ............. pages 13 & 14

Contents

Editor’s Note: A photographic feastThe June edition of BROADVIEW magazine is a photographic feast.

It features a photo essay illustrating the development of WA’s exciting New Performing Arts Venue located on the corner of Roe and William Streets in Northbridge. Broad is finishing the $5.5 million Forward Works package of the project this month.

The stunning photographs by photomedia artist Eva Fernandez are gritty, moody and raw, and capture demolition and construction in a light rarely seen before.

While not posing for photos, Broad staff are keeping busy with more than $280 million worth of projects currently under construction in the retail, commercial, industrial, government and mining sectors.

We’ve also just launched a brand spanking new website at www.broad.com.au designed to show off our projects in all their glory. Read more about this on page 10.

In an effort to recognise the vital role our sub-contractors play in the sucess of our projects, BROADVIEW has featured one of our long-time partners, Mechanical Project Management, on page 11.

As always, your feedback is appreciated so email your comments or queries about the new Broad website or the latest edition of BROADVIEW to info@broad.com.au

Enjoy!

Cheers

Jo Thierfelder National Communications Manager

General Manager, Strategic Business Development

Thomas Scott-Morey has been appointed General Manager, Strategic Business Development for the Broad group of companies. Thomas’ impressive CV speaks volumes about his ability to understand and manage complex issues, and think strategically to take business operations to new levels. Broad will benefit enormously from his deep financial expertise and international development experience, gained primarily in the energy sector.

Broad General Manager, Queensland

John McCann has been appointed the new General Manager of Broad Construction Services (QLD) Pty Ltd.

John is not new to Broad. He has been using his considerable skills and experience in the role of Construction Manager for Broad QLD for the last three years.

This is a well deserved appointment and clients will no doubt continue to enjoy a high level of service from John and his team in Queensland.

Silverton Managing Director

John Campbell has been appointed Managing Director of Silverton Group Pty Ltd.

John was former General Manager of Broad QLD, but has been closely involved with the management of Silverton from the company’s outset.

John has formally moved to Silverton to concentrate on maximising development opportunities and to ensure the company’s continued dynamic growth and ongoing success.

Very Melbourne

Broad and Silverton (Broad’s property development business) have opened a new office together in South Melbourne.

Located on Level 3, 22 Albert Rd in leafy South Melbourne, close to the War Memorial, Silverton Manager NSW / VIC, Peter Beale describes it as “very Melbourne”.

Peter commenced with Silverton in February 2007 and will join with Broad Estimator Paul Rooney in relocating to the new VIC office.

Broad WA is moving to Parliament Place

Broad’s WA office has outgrown its current home and will be moving to a new building a stone’s throw away from Parliament House and Kings Park.

The office at 18-24 Parliament Place in West Perth is still under construction but should be ready for tenants by late October 2007.

Broad will occupy the first floor which is nearly double its current floor space and will share the four-storey building with Leighton Contractors WA and other tenants.

Regards

Kari Rummukainen Managing Director

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ESKKari’s Desk: Movers ‘n ShakersThere’s a lot going on within the Broad group at the moment. Our business is growing at a rapid rate which means new faces in the Broad team and new offices to cater to our expansion.

GPO site puts Broad on centre stage

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GPO’s mighty craneThe crane, which caused a storm of controversy in April when the Perth City Council refused to allow it to be located in Forrest Chase, will begin arriving on site at the end of May.

The 60m high Potain hammerhead tower crane will be installed in three different stages and will be erected over a two-week period.

The GPO site, which opens onto the Forrest Chase square, represents the social and retail hub of the city. It’s a lunchtime meeting place for office workers, retail therapy for shopaholics, a cool school holiday hangout for teenagers and a pedestrian link from the CBD to the central train station.

The GPO is a lot of thing to a lot of people and it’s been part of the fabric of this city since the building was completed in 1923.

So there will be plenty of eyes on Broad’s progress during the 58-week refurbishment contract of one of the city’s most beloved architectural and heritage icons.

The development, which has been designed to meet a Green Star rating of 4, is expected to be completed in March 2008.

Broad will refurbish all seven storeys of the GPO, as well as upgrade internal and external services, and maintain and enhance heritage façades. Floors one to seven will be ‘A’ grade office accommodation. The ground floor redevelopment will create 2,000 sqm of retail tenancies on a mall layout, which will eventually connect through to the new William Street Train Station.

A new glazed roof above the existing light well and suspended air bridges on floors three to six will create a central light-filled atrium.

The services component of the contract includes removal of the existing lift core to incorporate new passenger lifts, upgrades to ventilation and fire systems, and full refurbishment of power, data and communication throughout the building. The existing air conditioning system will also be upgraded and a new energy efficient chilled beam system installed on levels one to six.

Approximately 6,000sqm of perforated metal ceilings will provide visual screening to the services above while still allowing air movement for effective operation of the chilled beams. This has led to the need for existing concrete slab soffits and beams to be patched and painted throughout all floors, including the reinstatement of all original cornice features and picture rails.

The project team • Senior Project Manager - Peter Moore

• Contracts Administrator Manager - Stefan Löwenadler

• Site Manager - Ian Brown

• Site Supervisor - Danny Rummukainen

• Assistant Site Supervisor - Chad Fisher

• Document Controller - Kristy Fraser

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It is now destined to fit snugly into the south-east corner of the GPO site. So snugly in fact that Broad will have to break through the first floor balcony and cut a massive hole through the ground floor colonnade to the basement. Approval from the Heritage Council has been obtained to carry out these works.

Stage 1 involves the installation of the bottom two sections of the crane mast and the casting of the concrete crane base in the basement of the existing building. Stage 2 comprises installation of the crane tie at sixth floor level and placement of the mast sections up to this level. Stage 3 requires two cranes to install the remainder of the mast sections and the jib.

Forrest Place is a community active square which stages exhibitions and children’s entertainment throughout the year. Broad, in consultation with the City of Perth Council, has planned the installation of the tower crane to minimise the impact on the surrounding local community.

The tower crane will be used to install the new suspended pedestrian bridges and main steelwork supports for the new glass atrium. It will also be used to remove redundant mechanical and electrical equipment and replace it with new plant.

These major lifts require the part closure of Murray St and Forrest Chase and are scheduled 14 days in advance as per Council requirements. This also allows the team to put all the necessary safety precautions into place and take into account weather conditions.

Given the logistical technicalities of this project, the site team will have its work cut out for it but are nevertheless confident of a successful outcome.

This Design and Construct project has a number of difficult targets to meet during the design period and must therefore be approached from a holistic manner to enable it to go ahead.

The client, REIT Capital, has established the following project requirements which must be achieved during the design period:

• 4.5 star ABGR rating (vital to attract Public Sector tenants)

• 4 star Greenstar rating

• Property Council of Australia ‘A’ Grade rating

• $24.5 million budget for Separable Portion 1

• Agreement of D&C contract terms

The project is split into two portions:

1. Separable Portion 1 (to which the Broad commission relates) includes the structure, façade, base building services infrastructure, lobby finishes and external works.

2. Separable Portion 2 contains the remainder of the works including tenant fit-out and services installation and will be included within the contract as a Provisional Sum.

Separable Portion 1 cannot compromise the design requirements for Separable Portion 2 and therein lies the project’s complexity.

For example, the entire building design must be co-ordinated to achieve the 4.5 star ABGR rating which will not be measured until the completion of Separable Portion 2. So, although there may be a design alternative which assists in achieving the Separable Portion 1 budget, it cannot be used if it compromises the ability to achieve the targets of the finished project.

In addition, the client is keeping their options open with regard to final sales and leasing options. Larger tenants who wish to lease whole or multiple floors will be given preference. however, the option to sell strata units is also a consideration.

Combining the two leasing / sale options as well as designing to two separable portions has been a challenge.

A great deal of time has been spent up front establishing the client’s principal project requirements and brainstorming a number of solutions, especially in relation to the mechanical system.

Critical to this process has been an informed and enthusiastic design team led by Broad Design Manager Stefan Szyczew and representatives of McLachlan Lister, who are acting on behalf of the client REIT.

This design management process is a positive delivery method for both the client and the D&C contractor.

The client is required to establish and firmly identify project requirements prior to commencement of the design management process, which also defines the responsibilities of the D&C contractor and design team.

Design management process creates win-win

Broad has been engaged to complete a design management process on a proposed commercial office development in Baulkham Hills, NSW.

Broad WA recommended for Platinum Award

Broad’s firm commitment to safety and living the value of ‘safety above all else’ is paying dividends.

Following a three-day independent safety audit by an accredited Worksafe Plan Assessor, Broad WA has been recommended for a Platinum certificate in the 2007 WorkSafe Plan Awards.

Ian Counsell, Manager Corporate Services said: “the recommendation for a Platinum Award demonstrates the successful change management process and improved safety culture and performance continuing at Broad. This achievement is attributed to all employees including sub-contractors working together.”

under the WorkSafe Plan a Platinum certificate acknowledges the organisation is demonstrating the commitment and management practices that Western Australian occupational safety and health laws promote.

Achieving zero harm – progress update

Initiatives underpinning Broad’s progress in improved health and safety performance during the last few years include:

• senior management conducting leadership visits across national site operations to engage with Broad staff and sub-contractors on the value of employees’ health, safety and well-being

• effective implementation of an online integrated national management system with health and safety integral in daily work processes

• third party certification to AS 4801 and AS 4360

• provisional federal OhS accreditation from the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner

Importantly, Broad has drastically reduced the number of lost time injuries at construction workplaces under its control. At the end of April 2007, the Broad group’s lost time injury frequency rate was 5.7, a quarter of the national average for the

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The D&C contractor is able to control design at an early stage which “de-risks” the project to a degree. Buildability and coordination issues can be better resolved than during a normal, shorter tender period and the D&C contractor has time to go to the market and properly source subcontract prices.

At the end of the six-week timeframe Broad hopes to have achieved all of the required targets to allow project commencement, giving REIT confidence in the product they will eventually receive.

Ian Counsell - National Manager, Group Business Systems

It doesn’t look like much yet, but a lot of work has already gone into making this square of dirt ready for construction of WA’s New Performing Arts Venue.

Broad is due to complete the $5.5 million Forward Works package of the NPAV in the first week of June.

This will set the stage for construction of the facility which includes a 575-seat main theatre and a 200-seat flexible studio theatre with associated rehearsal spaces.

Kerry Hill Architects’ concept for the venue was unanimously judged the winner of the CentreStage design competition by an international jury panel in 2005.

The design will deliver a building which will not only provide a functional and inspiring venue for performers and their audiences, but will also be a defining architectural landmark for Perth.

The Department of Culture and the Arts contracted photomedia artist Eva Fernandez to visually document the evolution of this landmark project. Both parties were kind enough to share their photographs with BROADVIEW.

WA’s New Performing Arts Venue

... a photo essay

You’ve probably driven past countless times and never noticed the hive of activity on a patch of land on the corner of Roe and William Streets in Northbridge.

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The venue will present contemporary

performing arts, such as theatre and

dance, in diverse ways with a focus on

distinctive professional and contemporary work

produced locally, nationally and internationally.

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I’m pleased to announce the launch of Broad’s new website.

The website is the culmination of months of work that began back in October 2006 with an audit of Broad’s brand and marketing collateral. This evolved into a

wholesale redesign and refresh of our entire marketing and communications suite.

You can still find Broad at www.broad.com.au but you probably won’t recognise us.

The new website sports a contemporary look and feel, incorporating graphic elements that blend seamlessly with Broad’s publications – BROADVIEW (client magazine) and BROADCAST (staff magazine) - as well as a myriad of other marketing and communications materials.

Designed to show off our projects, the homepage ‘heroes’ a selection of photos on rotation from projects completed across the country. It also includes a Feature Project link which will be regularly updated with information on the latest and greatest Broad project under construction. Latest news headlines give visitors a snapshot of what’s going on within Broad and our industry. And you can also subscribe to BROADVIEW directly from the homepage.

The new website is designed to be user-friendly with simple, intuitive navigation the number one functional priority in Broad’s brief to web designers, Vivid Group.

Information about Broad projects is especially easy to find as they

are categorised by both state and sector. Alternatively, visitors can use the keyword search facility within the Projects menu.

Importantly, the site is now operated on a Content Management System (CMS), which replaces the outdated technology that inhibited Broad’s ability to regularly maintain its old website.

The CMS gives Broad direct control over almost all content, which means the site will be constantly changing with the addition of fresh content and eye-catching images of our latest projects.

Later in the year, Broad will be offering its clients, sub-contractors and suppliers the option of receiving BROADVIEW magazine electronically via an hTML email generated by the website.

The online subscription facility allows visitors to update their contact details, and subscribe or unsubscribe at the click of a mouse.

I encourage you to explore Broad’s new website and I welcome your feedback at info@broad.com.au

Smart, good-looking and functional The new Broad website

www.broad.com.au

By Jo Thierfelder, National Communications Manager

Over the years, Broad has built up a stable of loyal sub-contractors who consistently provide excellent service, quality workmanship and who Broad can trust to get the job done. This kind of long-standing relationship is crucial to the successful operation of any business.

Broad and Mechanical Project Management (MPM) have enjoyed this kind of partnership since the two companies first worked together on the Vines Resort Hotel 11 years ago.

MPM is a mechanical contracting company specialising in major commercial and industrial air-conditioning.

Directors horace Pierce and Ian Ferguson also own and operate Mechanical Project Services (MPS), which supports MPM’s business through tenancy fit-outs, maintenance and servicing, and Advanced Air Systems (AAS) which services the light commercial and residential sectors.

BROADVIEW met with horace and Ian to talk about their work with Broad and get an understanding of the mutually beneficial relationship between the two companies.

“We’re partners,” horace stated simply.

“Broad and MPM have worked together for more than a decade but we knew Kari (Broad’s Managing Director) before he even started Broad; back when he was still at Thiess,” he said.

The men agreed that through their dealings with Broad they’d now built up a personal relationship with Kari who they described as “hard but fair”.

“Broad works hard and pushes jobs to completion, so if you can keep pace with them, you’re always going to make money,”

Horace said.

“I’d say we’ve done more work with Broad than any other contractor in our industry,” Ian said.

“The Vines Resort in 1996 was our first big job with Broad and we haven’t looked back since. That contract was worth about $800,000 to us then, which these days seems like small fry,” he said.

horace and Ian recall the $2.8 million mechanical services contract on a Broad job at 109 St George’s Tce in 2005 as one of MPM’s more challenging jobs. The Westpac building was occupied at the time and so the work had to be completed one floor at a time on a fastracked schedule. In addition, an exacting client and union involvement made for a difficult but ultimately successful job.

MPM has worked with Broad on more than 20 major projects over the years and cites open communication as the key to the companies’ successful relationship.

“Broad has an open door policy, which we appreciate,” horace said.

“You can’t hide problems in this game; everyone has to put their issues on the table. You have to be able to understand and manage issues as they come up and keep people informed otherwise you can get yourself into all sorts of trouble,” he said.

Like Broad, MPM’s work, is heavily concentrated in the retail sector at the moment, servicing the rampant development of shopping centres across Perth partly fuelled by the influx of resource workers into the state.

MPM recently completed the air-conditioning contract for Broad on a new Coles shopping centre project in Baldivis which opened its doors in May. The company is currently quoting on two more jobs with Broad in the retail and commercial sectors.

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Everyone in this industry knows that the calibre and work ethic of sub-contractors hired to complete a job can make or break a project.

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Broad has built a few Woolworths supermarkets in its time - nine to be exact.

Caloundra and Coomera shopping centres in Queensland are the latest projects to join Broad’s growing list of repeat business from retail giants like Woolworths, Coles and ALDI.

Broad QLD’s collective resume is tailor-made for retail construction ensuring Broad’s two project teams have an impressive catalogue of past experience to draw on.

Commencing work within weeks of one another in February, the Coomera and Caloundra projects have similar construction schedules and scope.

Both projects have Woolworths as the anchor tenant with construction of additional specialty shops / tenancies and a car park also part of the contracts.

Honing the

Woolworthsconstruction model Caloundra

Value: $12.2 million

Start / Finish: Feb – Nov 2007

Duration: 38 weeks

Contract: Hard dollar lump sum tender

Client: Fabcot Pty Ltd (Woolworths)

Project Description: • new 4,000sqm Woolworths, six specialty

shops / tenancies, asphalt car park for 271 cars

• earthworks comprised of 6,500m³ cut and 11,000m³ fill

• two underground 300m³ stormwater detention basins, water tanks for fire reticulation and water tank for recycle / landscape use

• external roadworks upgrade with new traffic signals and upgrade of street lighting

Special Features: Development approval was granted through the Land and Environment Court, which means that changing any of the approval conditions would require a reapplication to the court as the building and site works have to be constructed in accordance with the approval.

Project Team: Project Manager - Bill Burns Site Manager - Paul Rayner Contracts Administrator - Brett Pipia

CoomeraValue: $9.5 million

Start / Finish: Feb – Oct 2007

Duration: 32 weeks

Contract: Fixed lump sum

Client: Lewani Springs Resort Pty Ltd

Project Description:• greenfield site, retail complex incorporating

seven buildings around a central car park• new 2,500sqm Woolworths plus 30 specialty

shops• tilt panel, slab on ground, steel

superstructure

Special Features: Due to its location on the outskirts of West Coomera’s suburban sprawl, there is no water or electricity yet on site. Water must be trucked in and a large generator provides the necessary electricity for site infrastructure and works.

Project Team: Project Manager - Adam Gordon Site Manager - Barry Western Contracts Administrator - John Timmis

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The MBA Awards are a barometer of quality in the construction industry and Broad is gearing up across the country nominating its best projects for this year’s Awards.

New South Wales

• Newcastle Permanent Building Society, Newcastle

• university of Newcastle Chemistry Laboratories, Newcastle

• 55 Miller Street, Pyrmont• Lakemba Rail Station upgrade

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian Institute of Sport Aquatic Centre, Canberra

Western Australia

• Central Park Forecourt Refurbishment, Perth

• Septimus Roe Piazzetta Redevelopment, Perth

• Geraldton Regional hospital, Geraldton

Queensland

• Easy T Shopping Centre, Gold Coast • Robina Super Centre, Gold Coast

“And the nominees for the 2007 Master Builders Association Excellence in Construction Awards are…”

The university of Newcastle’s new $8 million chemistry laboratories at its Callaghan Campus are a stunning example of Broad’s construction capability in the institutional sector.

The contract required Broad to strip out a wing of the existing three-storey Science Building and install new windows, services, ceilings, joinery and equipment. A large part of the adjacent Science facility had to be kept operational during the work with a strong emphasis on safety procedures and careful planning around the students’ examination times.

A two level plant room was added above new aluminium roof cladding. Two ‘bolt on’ five-

storey plant pods are a dominant feature on the eastern end of the building. New brickwork and timber has been matched to the existing 1970’s finishes resulting in a successful blend of the old and the new.

The high tech laboratories are fitted with resin-based, chemical resistant moulded benches; colour-coded joinery doors; services fittings and sheet vinyl floor finishes. Thirty-six new and refurbished fume cupboards were installed with a forest of flues above the roof.

The university and its specialist consultants SIA hope the state-of-the-art laboratories will attract international research scientists as well as provide exceptional facilities for advanced student use.

Award Time

Newcastle FeatureUniversity of Newcastle Chemistry Laboratories

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Broad Newcastle completed the $9 million refurbishment and extension to the Newcastle Permanent Building Society (NPBS) head Office in December, one month ahead of schedule.

In addition to the timely and professional management of the project and the high quality workmanship achieved, NPBS was pleased with the Newcastle team’s open and friendly approach to interfacing with its staff, ensuring Broad will be well placed for future opportunities with NPBS.

The existing seven-storey building was built in the 1980’s and is home to more than 200 staff. It has public areas as well as a dedicated computer level with a mainframe servicing branches and ATM’s for all of NSW.

NPBS vacated floors progressively so the key to the programme was to minimise noise and vibration to ensure that it was ‘business as usual’ for staff and customers.

Broad erected a heavy duty materials hoist, chute and stairs externally on the back street façade of the building and opened access to the floors under construction through the windows.

Construction personnel were able to use one of two lifts servicing the building, although the lifts had to also be refurbished as part of the scope of works.

All floors were completely stripped and new services equipment, ceilings, amenities and finishes were installed in overlapping six week programmes.

Work stations, glazed partitions and break-out areas were then installed with individual colour schemes for each upper floor.

The ground floor and entry foyer received special treatment with a 20m long aerial photograph of the Newcastle and Hunter River foreshore bonded to a toughened glass, back-lit curtain wall.

A pergola entertainment area and garden were established on the roof top and the street level forecourt was paved in grey granite with a multi-level water feature. A stainless steel and granite sculpture of figures representing a modern family was also installed and has so far proved invulnerable to the graffiti artists.

Newcastle Permanent Building Society Head Office

Perth, Western Australia WA Office & Corporate Services

Level 1, 144 Stirling St Perth, WA 6000

Locked Bag 10 East Perth Business Centre WA 6892

T: (08) 9228 7777 F: (08) 9228 7700

Chatswood, New South Wales

Tower 1, Level 6, 495 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW 2067

PO Box 497, Chatswood NSW 2057

T: (02) 9414 6300 F: (02) 9414 6366

Newcastle, New South Wales

Suite 14,133-135 King St, Newcastle, NSW 2300

Po Box 893, Newcastle NSW 2300

T: (02) 4926 2122 F: (02) 4926 4297

Melbourne, Victoria

Level 3, 22 Albert Rd South Melbourne, VIC 3205

T: (03) 9674 0310 F: (03) 9674 0311

Brisbane, Queensland

Oce house Level 3, 50 McDougall St Milton, QLD 4064

PO Box 2121, Milton BC 4064

T: (07) 3514 6100 F: (07) 3367 3612

Gold Coast, Queensland

Level 1, 11B, 47 Ashmore Rd Bundall, QLD 4217

PO Box 8525, Gold Coast MC 9726

T: (07) 5592 4477 F: (07) 5592 4577