Type of Project
Name of Project
| Project: | The McDonoghs - Media Centre (C7) and Curriculum Centre (C8) |
|---|---|
| School/Division: | School of Teacher Education |
| Location: | Bathurst |
| Timeline: | March 2013 |
| Project cost: | $900,000 |
| Building area: | 631 sqm (fully enclosed) |
| Project Status: | Current |
| Project contact: | Mark Adams |
Project Brief
Upgrade of 20-year old teaching spaces to better serve current teaching methodologies forboth School of Teacher Education and generic teaching requirements at Bathurst campus.
Archiectural Features
The upgrades of 8 teaching/tutorial rooms involve:
- demolition of redundant rooms such as darkrooms, observation rooms, stores etc to create larger, flexible spaces
- new finishes and furnishings.
- Cardax door access hardware
- Rationalised AV installations
- New mechanical plant and controls
- Inclusion of balustrading to non-compliant hand railings at stairs and upper walkways.
Sustainability Features
Provision of higher efficiency lighting, mechanical systems and controls.
Consultants
Wilde and Woollard (Quantity Surveyor)
Calare Civil (Structural Engineer)
Nexus to University Strategy 2011-2015
The creation of teaching spaces which are of better quality and which provide greater flexibility for users will assist DFM in the creation of better efficiencies in the generic bookable facilities at Bathurst campus.