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SINGLE AND MULTILEVEL SHOPPING CENTRES WITH CAR PARKING FACILITIES

Airey Taylor Consulting’s structural design skills and experience is reflected in the diverse range of single and multilevel shopping centre projects in Perth’s metropolitan area. Alternative design models to meet architectural and technical demands have earned this practice an increasing number of commissions.

A Proven Track Record of Benefits

Easy-to-construct methodology.
Comprehensive understanding of construction methods and the construction industry.
Over 30 years design experience in complex multilevel structures.

Knowledge of Design Options

Advanced alternative design models provide the competitive edge.
Review and redesign of costly structures brings substantial savings to total structure costs.

Winning projects like the Subiaco Colonnade Shopping Complex (above) and the Dog Swamp Shopping Centre have won recognition and awards for innovative, responsive engineering solutions.

Total Design Criteria

Innovative / responsive engineering solutions to total design criteria.
Effective positive teamwork with Consultant partners

Cost-effective utilising well-understood commercial building systems.

Adaptive Re-Use Of Buildings

Specialists in alteration, additions and upgrading of existing shopping centre structures.
Comprehensive technical understanding of materials and construction of past and present methods.

Substantial design savings of up to 26 % in structural costs of the total structure have been earned on some of the following projects. These savings have been made through the superior use of advanced technical expertise employed within this practice. Benefits to our clients can be measured in both savings and time, and are based on our comprehensive understanding of design options available, as well as our extensive knowledge of the construction industry.

Colonnade Shopping Centre, Subiaco
This outstanding project was recipient of the MBA Excellence in Construction Award (Division 4), and Overall Winner in all classes for 1996. Architect: Perrine & Birch.

Engineering expertise working in tandem with architectural sensitivity.

Effective commercial and retail resolution within a prevailing architectural ethos.

Redesign and re-documentation of the original structural design by others saved $900,000 in a project overall cost of $13.7 million.

Banded prestressed slab construction provided a technically superior structure to the original.

The structural design included a five level / 450 car parking building adjacent to the shopping complex (left).

The structural component of this facility was immensely cost-effective, using post-tensioned flat slab construction.

Southlands Shopping Centre, Willeton

This large suburban shopping centre, architecturally designed by Spowers Architects, comprised a large area for a major retail food store, ancillary smaller shops and a two-level car park with eight cinemas above.

Advanced structural design bringing cost-effective and load-bearing advantages.

Innovative use of post-tensioned banded beam construction and Ultrafloor infils.

Pioneering use of this technique in Perth.

Employed on projects by others for its technical and financial advantages.

Southshore Shopping Complex, South Perth

This project comprised five floors of shopping arcades, restaurants and offices, with an additional five level car parking building behind the main development.

Quality structural engineering design and documentation provided by Airey Taylor Consulting permitted full development of the Architectural concept design.

Project Architect: Lawrence Heah

Highly economical post-tensioned reinforced concrete structure.

Minimal use of internal columns.

Maximisation of car bay area in the car parking building.

Structural resolution promoted aesthetic treatment of utilitarian aspects of the project, such as the car parking building.

Dog Swamp Shopping Centre

Although a single storey structure, the commission to design the structural components of the Dog Swamp Shopping Centre presented a special challenge.

The existing supermarket continued to operate while the new shopping centre was constructed directly over the top of the old, removing the existing roof later.

Cost-effective, flexible design.

Ease of construction with steel and reinforced concrete structure.

Minimal disruption to the daily operation of the shopping centre.

Commercially viable structural resolution.

Continuity in daily business lives of owners.

Issue of alterations expertly handled.

City Block Fremantle, Queensgate Theatres, Henderson Street Carpark, Myers Fremantle, Shopping Centre & Offices - Fremantle.

This major city complex occupies an entire block of central Fremantle, and demonstrates the strong commercial success inherent in advanced structural design by Airey Taylor Consulting.

Care and attention to design criteria for concrete structures in coastal regions.

Priority given to maintenance minimisation.

Longevity of structure.

Economy of car parking structure and layout.

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