Westera Partners Pty Ltd is a highly respected Australian consulting engineering firm that has been practicing on the Gold Coast since 1981, Brisbane since 1998 and Northern New South Wales since 2009, in the disciplines of structural and civil engineering. The company has extensive experience in the following fields of structural engineering.

- Residential housing- Two and three storey townhouses- Low rise unit developments- Medium rise apartment blocks with basement car parking- Factory and warehouse buildings- Aged care facilities- Retail buildings- Low rise office buildings- Service club facilities- School buildings

What makes us different?

Westera Partners provide a very unique service to our clients. We treat every project as if it were our own. We carefully listen to our clients and understand what is important to them. We provide educated and informed feedback to minimise construction costs and reduce construction times.

Our service ensures every project is designed or supervised by a senior engineer with over ten yearsexperience. We are approachable, reliable and experts in our field.

Personnel

The Westera Partners team is made up of highly talented individuals. We currently have over thirty staff across our three offices including Engineers, Draftsmen and Administration Staff. Each member of the team is dedicated to excellence and their contributions to the whole company is invaluable. All Partners and Directors are actively involved in the design of every project worked on and their experience has made the firm a leader in the industry.

John Westera Anthony Hockings Clive Cowdell Bret ArthurConsultant Director & structural Director & structural Director & structural project engineer project engineer project engineer

Peter Ide Ross Keene Joshua Neale Brett Collins Gavin ScoffellPartner & structural Partner & structural Partner & structural Partner & structural Senior civil designer project engineer project engineer project engineer project engineer

Saumel Ide Chad Ings Matthew Gibbs Jeremy Leaning Daniel Christie Adam IdeCivil & environmental Structural design Structural design Structural design Structural design Business Developmentengineer engineer engineer engineer engineer manager

We love engineering and are passionate about creative designs that are economic and easily executed on site. As Directors of Westera Partners we are committed to the success of every project that we are commissioned to work on. We ensure that we are personally involved with every aspect of the design, documentation and supervision to guarantee this. Our client relationships are critically important to us. We pride ourselves on open and honest communication, delivering projects on time and giving cost saving feedback. Our business has been built on our motto of “people before profits” which has always been the key to our success. We look forward to meeting you face to face and working with you on your project.

DIRECTORS NOTE

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Location Miller Street, BargaraClient CABE DevelopmentsArchitect PCASupervising Partner Peter Ide

Summary of the ProjectLocated on the ocean front of Bargara Beach, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This residential development consists of three levels of luxury units with a basement floor, a concrete roof, swimming pool and landscaping features.

SituationWestera Partners were engaged to carry out the civil and structural engineering services for the project. There were a number of challenges to overcome, one challenge was that the neighbouring properties were located reasonably close to the proposed basement excavation and were in risk of being undermined. Another challenge was the depth of the founding boulder matrix below the basement excavation.

SolutionWe were able to design and develop a construction methodology that eliminated the need of expensive sheet piling, but still provided adequate stabilisation to the excavation batters for the basement earthwork. The foundation design of the building chosen was a high level spread footing system in the low bearing capacity sands with localised compaction to reduce settlement. We were also able to be flexible with our design approach when the client decided to reconfigure the load bearing wall locations in an effort to optimise the final unit spaces to suit purchasers.

ResultThe construction was carried out without any incidents, in time and within budget. The development has won the UDIA QLD state presidents award for best overall development in Queensland as well as the best small - medium density development awards.

Saltwater Bargara

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Location Broadbeach WatersArchitect BDASupervising Partner Ross Keene

SituationFreshwater point is positioned in the heart of Broadbeach and neighbours Jupiters Casino and The Gold Coast Convention Centre. The development boasts approximately two hundred and sixty units in total across three buildings from four to ten storeys in height. The resorts facilities include outdoor heated pool, children’s wading pool, sauna, spa, steam room, gym, fishing jetty, café and meeting/function rooms.

SolutionWestera Partners were engaged by the client to provide Civil and Struc-tural Engineering Services to this project. The buildings sit over a double height basement that pushes well into the surrounding water-table. Ten-sion ground anchors were required to resist the large hydrostatic forces associated with this aspect. Precast walls and columns were adopted to support the reinforced concrete slabs to assist in reducing the very tight time frame given to construct the building. These precast elements were constructed off site and were trucked and stock-piled on site ready to be lifted into place after each deck pour. The modern architectural design required large cantilevered slab elements that can be viewed from all elevations.

ResultsFreshwater point was delivered to the client on time and within budget. The construction techniques adopted by the builder were very efficient and resulted in the building being the “talk of the town” at the time, with reference to the construction speed.

Freshwater point

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Location Miller Street, BargaraClient CABE DevelopmentsArchitect PCASupervising Partner Peter Ide

Summary of the ProjectLocated on the ocean front of Bargara Beach, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This residential development consists of three levels of luxury units with a basement floor, a concrete roof, swimming pool and landscaping features.

SituationWestera Partners were engaged to carry out the civil and structural engineering services for the project. There were a number of challenges to overcome, one challenge was that the neighbouring properties were located reasonably close to the proposed basement excavation and were in risk of being undermined. Another challenge was the depth of the founding boulder matrix below the basement excavation.

SolutionWe were able to design and develop a construction methodology that eliminated the need of expensive sheet piling, but still provided adequate stabilisation to the excavation batters for the basement earthwork. The foundation design of the building chosen was a high level spread footing system in the low bearing capacity sands with localised compaction to reduce settlement. We were also able to be flexible with our design approach when the client decided to reconfigure the load bearing wall locations in an effort to optimise the final unit spaces to suit purchasers.

ResultThe construction was carried out without any incidents, in time and within budget. The development has won the UDIA QLD state presidents award for best overall development in Queensland as well as the best small - medium density development awards.

VIP Petfoods

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Location CoolumClient Turrisi Property GroupArchitect Architectus, Base Architecture, BVN, Davis-SommervilleSupervising Partner Joshua Neale

SituationThe Kula Beach homes are situated on the Sunshine Coast nature reserves and within a close walk of the beach. The project consists of sixty two unique architecturally designed homes created by four of Australias leading architect firms. The homes which are two and three storeys high were required by the developer to be economically constructed without compromising the designers creative intent.

SolutionWestera Partners were given the responsibilty of creating a uniform, efficient and affordable construction methodology for all four architects different design variations. We were able to simplify complex problems and explore extensive options to satisfy the builder, architects and developer.

ResultsThe completed homes have proven to be extremely popular in the market with many industry awards already been won. The ability of Westera Partners to communicate with so many different parties on this project and deliver a simple and unified solution has been a contributing factor in the projects success.

Kula Beach Homes

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Location Runaway BayArchitect Hamilton Hayes HendersonSupervising Partner Clive Cowdell

SituationHarmony is a unique apartment development incorporating the fine art of Feng Shui. The project comprised of six seperate buildings from between three and eight stories in height built entirely over an underground basement. The buildings size and orientation were paramount to the desired theme. The development incorporates a common central courtyard with pool, fire pit, private niches and community spaces surrounded by planting which includes a number of original mature trees retained on the site. A central water feature snakes its way through the central court-yard naturally dividing the different spaces.

SolutionWestera Partners were commissioned by the client to undertake Civil and Structural services on this project. The sites stormwater bio-retention system was cleverly incorporated into the landscaping scheme. The buildings foundation raft slab and podium slab were post-tensioned due to the large basement spans and carying load pattern above the podium deck. The roof slabs were also stressed to help ensure water-tightness. Generally the typical floors were reinforced concrete supported on blockwork and cast insitu concrete walls/columns. The site had a high water table so particular attention was given to de-watering during the basement excavation and construction of the buildings to ensure this would not be an issue for the structure.

ResultsHarmony is a unique development with a lot of special features incorporated, that may not be necessarily visible and therefore appreciated by the buildings occupants. The developer has been meticulous in following his desired theme throughout and has worked very closely with the consultants and builder to create a product that he is particularly proud of.

Harmony

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Location NewsteadArchitect Base ArchitectureSupervising Partner Joshua Neale

SituationThe house is located on a very small site being only 230 square meters. The site also required potentially complex foundations due to the neighbouring property being built to the boundary. Bracing of the structure was challenging as a result of the architectural form and the need to maximise views.

SolutionWe were able to design the structure to resist bracing loads by the introduction of a simple steelwork portal frame and the introduction of blockwork nibs which added minimal costs to construction. We also adopted a hit and miss approach to the foundation system to avoid undermining or underpinning of the adjacent residence which saved significant costs during construction.

ResultsAn award winning architectural home that is intricate and yet structurally efficient. The attention to structural detail is evident in the construction simplicity and clean form.

“ BEING A VERY SMALL AND TIGHT SIGHT, THE ENGINEERING WAS TO BE SMART, SIMPLE AND EASY TO ERRECT.

SHAWN GODWIN - BASE ARCHITECTURE”

Audi Centre Gold Coast

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Location KingscliffClient Image Designer HomesArchitect LightwaveSupervising Partner Joshua Neale & Dan Christie

SituationThe project is a relocatable modular structure built and transported to site, then craned into position. The site had limited access which required lifting the structure over the existing obstacles.

SolutionThe design incorporated a welded steel chassis which can be seen in the photos to act as the rigid support frame during the lifting process. Once the building has been craned into position on the steel posts this frame then becomes the floor structure. The building is supported on isolated pier foot-ings.

ResultsThe structure is currently in operation and functioning effectively in the community.

“ WESTERA PARTNERS PROMPT RESPONSES TO QUE-RIES & ENGINEERING DESIGN SOLUTIONS HAS FACILITTED A SMOOTH WORKFLOW

JOHN RISSMAN - ARCHITECT”

Tweed Valley Respite

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Location CoomeraArchitect Westera PartnersSupervising Partner Clive Cowdell

SituationGold Coast Marine Centre is a unique facility that provides boat owners and builders a place to work on their craft through hiring the Centres space and equipment. The facility is located within the Gold Coast Marine Precinct at Coomera, home of the world famous Riviera and Mustang brands. The building spaces had to be flexible in nature due to the wide variety of boat building exercises that were anticipated for the facility.

SolutionWestera Partners were commissioned by the client to deliver both architectural and engineering services for this project. We were also involved in Project Administration which inluded the tender process, builder negotiations, post tender and construction supervision. Our drafting team worked closely with the project owners to ensure every aspect of the brief was covered in detail. Special design consideration was given to the hire spaces including heights. Gantry cranes were attached to the structural steel portal frames to assist tenants lifting heavy materials. Westera Partners worked very closely with the steel fabricators to ensure an economical design was presented which proved to be the most competitive design available on the market.

ResultsGold Coast Marine Centre has become a popular facility for boat builders and owners. The designed spaces have been well utilised by the tenants. The project has had a number of additional stages through the years to supply the increase in demand for this type of facility.

Gold Coast Marina

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