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Presentation Album Rectangular Stadium (Grocon) Melbourne Cricket Ground (Grocon) Melbourne Convention Centre (Multiplex) Southern Cross Office Towers (Multiplex) Eureka Tower (Grocon)
Presentation Album
Rectangular Stadium (Grocon) Melbourne Cricket Ground (Grocon)
Melbourne Convention Centre (Multiplex) Southern Cross Office Towers
(Multiplex) Eureka Tower
(Grocon)
Eureka Tower (Grocon)
In Eureka Tower Speedpanel was installed
as a shaft wall to fire-rate the main fire
escape staircase. Eureka Tower is one of
the world’s tallest apartment buildings,
reaching 88 storeys into the Melbourne
skyline.
Speedpanel has been, and continues to be, used in many
iconic projects throughout Australia due to its multitude of
benefits.
The Gold Coast University
The new state-of-the-art 750 bed Health Facility saw
Speedpanel used due to its generous versatility.
Speedpanel’s extensive array of tests and assessments
concerning penetrations saw it used for many
applications including courtyard and and atrium fire
compartment walls, plant rooms and service risers.
Hospital (Lend Lease)
MCG Redevelopment (Grocon) Speedpanel was used for plant room dividing walls and the
grandstand end infill. Speedpanel was chosen because of its fire
and acoustic properties.
Speedpanel replaced the need for large
amounts of structural steel work to support the
architectural external cladding. Speedpanel is
also easily adapted for fitting into sloped areas.
Below sees the Speedpanel wall being used as
the brace for the electrical tracks and cabinet
mounting.
Hisense Arena (Thiess) Speedpanel was used at the front
and rear of Hisense Arena as
external and internal acoustic walls.
Hisense Arena (formerly Voadfone
Arena) is well known as a major
venue for international performers
and was also the venue for the FINA
2007 World Swimming
Championships; it’s maximum
seating capacity is 10,000 people.
717 Bourke St Melbourne (Probuild)
Speedpanel was extensively used around all shafts and plant rooms in this 5 star
energy rated commercial building.
Media House, Melbourne (Grocon)
Government Services Offices (GSO) (Grocon) This new six star office building in
Dandenong, Victoria houses over
900 employees previously spread
over four government departments.
By using Speedpanel instead of
conventional building products, the
high green credentials helped
upgrade the building from its
original five star design to the
completed six star energy rating.
Speedpanel was used in the fire
escape stairs, shafts and service
risers among other areas.
Further use of Speedpanel in the carpark plenum walls, lift lobby areas and lower level tenancy areas provided Grocon with a simple, easy to build
solution for their fire rated and acoustic walls. Many tests and assessments for pipe and duct penetrations made the certifiers sign off easily.
AXA Office Complex (Grocon) Speedpanel was used to construct all duct risers providing the needed fire
protection. Sealed Speedpanel also replaced the pressurised vertical ducts
altogether, providing both time and cost savings to Grocon on this project.
Internal view up shaft riser. In this application horizontal
Speedpanel was used, without any additional structure, enabling
continuous construction from floor to ceiling over 30 metres.
Various duct penetrations through the Speedpanel shafts with
sealed fire collars. Sealed joints on one external face
eliminated the need for separate ductwork.
Melbourne Convention Centre (Multiplex)
Speedpanel was used extensively throughout the whole complex including the main rear
auditorium wall
Speedpanel was used extensively
throughout the entire complex and the
adjoining Hilton Hotel. Throughout the
main complex Speedpanel formed the
rear auditorium walls and the main
acoustic barriers in the roof beams.
This project involved the Speedwall N.Z company. Botany Town Centre shopping complex in Auckland
was extended to incorporate a 10-cinema facility. Speedpanel was used for high acoustic dampening
performance throughout the complex.
Botany Cinema, Auckland (Alpha)
Melbourne University Commerce Building (Probuild)
Melbourne University used Speedpanel for all non load-bearing
fire and acoustic walls in the entire project, demonstrating the
versatility of Speedpanel in all types of applications.
Commonwealth Bank
Temporary acoustic & security walling was erected for six months
enabling renovations on the building to take place while the branch
continued normal trading. Wall height is over 13 metres. The walls have
since been removed and re used in other areas of this projects.
(Bovis Lend Lease)
Southern Cross Redevelopment (Multiplex)
Two 37 level office complexes in the Melbourne CBD. Speedpanel
was used for the plant rooms and shaft walls throughout the
project.
In addition to Speedpanel being used in fire rated areas, it also
provided safety barriers for incomplete duct shafts during
construction.
Metropolitan Apartments (John Hindmarsh) A four tower multi-storey residential and office complex (ACT) in which Speedpanel was used for all fire and acoustic aspects of the building including
car park ventilation walls, apartment and corridor walls, shaft and fire escape walls.
The Oracle (Grocon) (Image right)
New Acton Apartments (PBS) (Image far right)
Mercy Apartments (Salta) (Image bottom left)
Speedpanel’s ease of installation not only helped
builders save build time on the apartment and fire
stair walls, but in doing so allowed other trades
onto the site more quickly. This meant that overall
project time savings were maximised.
M-Central & Marrickville Apartments, Sydney Award winning conversion of a warehouse to apartments in Sydney; Speedpanel was used in party walls for it’s acoustic performance and light
weight properties.
The use of Speedpanel in residential projects reduces
construction time as it is a dry wall system and can
be easily installed in hard to access areas
Townhouse Use Speedpanel can be used for townhouse separation and boundary walls.
Speedpanel can be installed horizontally and vertically next to existing
walls. The use of Speedpanel in this type of application negated the
need for strip footings and underpinning the adjacent building.
Nauru House & Roof Plant Rooms
Major works to the lift overruns on top of this 51 storey landmark Melbourne building.
Speedpanel’s ability to be manually carried up four flights of stairs made it ideal for this type of
application.
Speedpanel has been used on several noise barriers due
to its high acoustic properties and ease of installation.
Noise Barriers
Whitten Oval (Contract Control)
St James Primary School, Frankston (Contract Control)
Speedpanel has been used on several basketball stadiums
and gymnasiums due to its lightweight properties and ease of
installation. The used of Speedpanel on both the Whitten Oval
redevelopment and St James Primary School, Frankston gave
the builder savings on the concrete footings, structural steel
and time of installation.
General Factory Projects Fire rated factory separation and boundary walls, Speedpanel installed vertically and horizontally.
Hampton BP & External Walls Speedpanel is often chosen for its ability to meet fire rating requirements on boundary
walls and its re-useability. Speedpanel was manufactured with an external coloured finish
for these projects.
Speedpanel Other Uses Speedpanel can be used in a variety of applications eg. curved hoarding
at Doncaster Shoppingtown, acoustic nightclub ceiling, gymnasium
external walls.
The images above are of four hour
fire tests, taken from the fire side after
removal from furnace. The tests were
of; doors in panels, vertical and
horizontal panels.
General Testing and Product Photos
Main image top left is the non-furnace
side of the wall over four hours into
the fire test.
The image to the left is an internal
view of fire test.
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