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within the wildlife corridor and

gutterless roofs shed water

patterns into the waterfalls

below.

The 5.4 hectare site could

only be accessed by one 400m

internal road which required

fulltime traffic control.

With limited space for site

parking and restricted parking

in surrounding streets, Matrix

Projects implemented a bus

service to transport more than

400 workers per day to and

from the site from the local

football ground.

Access on and around the

site was provided by narrow

corridors, which later formed

the permanent streets of the

Viridian Village.

To maintain stable access,

and provide a first class pro-

duct at handover, these tem-

porary roads were graded,

compacted and sealed 40mm

lower than the finished street

level, allowing a final asphalt

seal to be placed on comple-

tion.

It features large landscape

buffers that provide a green

zone within the complex

which, in turn, relate and

connect to the surrounding

National Park and greenbelt.

Matrix Projects appointed a

fulltime environmental manag-

er to continually monitor,

assess, document and custo-

mise environmental control

systems onsite.

Site run-off into the Noosa

River and surrounding fragile

ecosystem was managed by a

maze of construction swales,

bioretention basins and sedi-

ment ponds which contained

the massive quantities of

water and overland flow pro-

duced by extreme downpours,

in excess of 100mm per hour at

times.

Master Builders Sunshine

Coast regional manager Ste-

phen Robinson said, in some

respects, Viridian 3 resembled

an alpine village set in the

subtropics as much of the

development sat on stilts

A 5-STAR resort on

Noosa Hill has won

builder Matrix Projects

(Qld) the 2010 Master Builders

Sunshine Coast Regional

Project of the Year.

The Viridian Resort and Spa

comprises 39 luxury two- and

three-storey villas, 139 units,

16 penthouses, a health spa,

restaurant and a central facil-

ities complex servicing 11

multi-storey blocks.

With the idyllic Noosa Na-

tional Park as its backdrop, the

resort was a feat in engineer-

ing that overcame the con-

straints of a challenging ter-

rain while respecting the

natural environment.

Constructed from a selec-

tion of building materials, the

resort commands the highest

quality finish.

Viridian is a linear develop-

ment running along the valley

between Picture Point and

Noosa Hill. It covers an area as

long as Noosa’s Hastings

Street with a similar density.

Award-winner ‘alpine village