St Rita’s College
This project involved significant demolition works to the existing land constrained Clayfield site, to create a new learning precinct centre dedicated to performing arts and drama. JHA undertook initial site investigations to determine the impact of the demolition works on the remaining retained building, to determine staging and early works package in order to deliver the project. The new St Rita’s arts precinct involved refurbishment of the existing Kennedy Building, refurbishment to the Sacred Hearts building, and creation of a new performing arts building. The staged refurbishment aspects of the project consisted of a new canteen facility and upgrade of administration spaces. The new signature performing arts building consists of general learning areas (GLAs), drama GLAs, band practice and choir spaces, performance auditorium, and entry long rooms taking advantage of the elevated site position to showcase the surrounding views from the facility.
UNSW The Lounge
The Lounge is an award-winning premium hospitality lounge and event space, located in the UNSW library building. JHA undertook mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, audio visual, acoustic, and specialist lighting design for the refurbishment, as well as fitout of levels 12 to 14 in a live environment. Equipped with a high-end cafe, bar and lounge, restaurant, private dining/meeting room and rooftop terrace, The Lounge provides flexible spaces for UNSW staff to connect and socialise. JHA’s specialist lighting team received the LiDA Award of Commendation at the 2019 IESANZ - NSW Awards.
Barker College Rosewood Centre
The new Rosewood Centre at Barker College is an award winning, state-of-the-art indoor sports complex. The 3-storey purpose-built facility features 5 multi-use sports courts, 12 classrooms, multi-purpose learning areas, fitness centre, function room, cafe, and parking for over 150 cars. Neeson Murcutt Neille. JHA
Mosman High School Upgrade
This major upgrade project at Mosman High School delivered 16 additional classrooms, innovative new outdoor spaces including a rooftop sports multi-court, as well as a new multi-purpose hall and gymnasium, new library, administration area, staff facilities and canteen. The works were constructed while the school was fully operational, which required careful planning, scheduling and coordination. Engaged by Multiplex, JHA provided multidisciplinary engineering services for the project.
Fortitude Valley State Secondary College
Fortitude Valley State Secondary College is the first vertical school in Queensland. This project involved creating a new state secondary college on the existing Fortitude Valley School site. The project consisted of three main buildings across two stages, with Building 1 (B1) and the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) being delivered under Stage 1, and the Sports Hall under Stage 2. Building 1 included 8 level of education facilities including innovation centre hub, canteen, lecture theatre, arts, science, multi-media learning, workshop, food studies, and general learning facilities. The PAC is the performing arts hub of the precinct, consisting of 400 seat auditorium, back stage change facilities, green room, box office, music practice, drama, and other music and performance based learning facilities. Stage 2 consisted of a three storey sports hall which included a double court playing surface, food production GLAs, Industrial Technology GLAs, Art Classrooms, and multi-purpose rooms. JHA undertook design completion and documentation for the mechanical, electrical (including dry fire, communications, security), hydraulics, and fire design, and participated in user consultation discussions regarding updating the teaching curriculums for manual art/trade skills. Thomson Adsett/Cox/Hutchinson Builders
University of Sydney LEES
The LEES building is a teaching and research facility spanning over 8 levels, integrated into the existing Carslaw building located at the University of Sydney’s Camperdown campus. LEES comprises of large PC2 laboratories for undergraduates and postgraduates, hazardous materials handling areas, support areas and a public domain research area. The University’s comprehensive Sustainability Framework is embedded throughout the project and verified through computational simulations, design documentation and As Built verification. Richard Crookes Constructions.
UNSW Bookshop
This project saw the transformation of the UNSW Bookshop to enhance the space as a key social and cultural destination within the University campus. Located at the heart of the campus, the modernised bookshop provides an open central zone that can be used for events, a cafe lined with bookshelves, built-in benches and lounges, and a storefront coffee servery with outdoor seating. JHA provided mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, audio visual, ESD/Section J and specialist lighting design.
Santa Sophia Catholic College
Santa Sophia Catholic College is a new and innovative Kindergarten-to-Year 12 learning centre which will accommodate approximately 1,860 students. The six-storey school features specialist learning areas including a creative and performing arts centre, commercial kitchens, a sound studio, STEM facilities, as well as collaborative learning areas, sporting, play, meeting spaces and an early learning centre. JHA delivered full design of acoustic services and design finalisation of audio visual technology services.
CSU School of Engineering
Designed by architects Thomson Adsett Charles Sturt University offer a range of courses from campuses across NSW in both main and regional cities. The new development, built mainly on the footprint of the existing building, was designed to transform the existing buildings located on the University’s Bathurst campus into a new School of Engineering, offering a brand new degree in both engineering and business skills. What makes it unique is the honeycomb layout specifically designed so the study areas can be flexible to give students control of the spaces to suit their study needs. The furniture can be rearranged to create collaborative learning areas where individuals or groups can feel comfortable. Making it the student’s space. The new facility includes a gallery, technological wall, maker studio, pitch space, labs and a ‘Honeycomb of Learning’ – a range of clustered collaboration zones that reflect the co-curricular and collaborative nature of the new learning environment. JHA Consulting Engineers were part of the team which delivered the project from building concept to completion and handover, providing Mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, fire, vertical transportation & ESD consultancy services in a combined effort from the JHA Brisbane and Sydney offices.
UNSW Roundhouse
Redevelopment of the University’s iconic Roundhouse building. Teamed with Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects, JHA’s project team was tasked with modernising the building, creating a more flexible and energy-efficient venue, while also upgrading its acoustic properties. The newly refurbished Roundhouse will continue to serve as a venue of choice for concerts, music gigs, conferences, events, seminars and box office events. The building also provides a merchandise and food area, permanent bar and beer garden with a secondary private bar area. JHA’s specialist lighting team worked closely with Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects to conceal lighting fixtures wherever possible, allowing the eye to wander over radial geometry with as few interruptions as possible. Careful design of the house lighting on the mezzanine level was critical, as nothing was allowed to distract from the world-class audio visual system in the performance space below. UNSW
BGGS Science Precinct
JHA were involved in the design and documentation for mechanical and electrical (including dry fire, communications, and security) for the 7-storey science teaching laboratory building for the signature Brisbane Girls Grammar School science precinct redevelopment. The project consisted of lower level HPE area, 600-person multipurpose function space, and various general learning spaces for biology, chemistry and science GLAs. The project’s unique design required particular attention to detail for the building services. Mechanical and electrical services were designed specifically to address the limitations placed upon the building and to compliment the characteristic of the building.
Oran Park High School & Public School
The new Oran Park High School features 90 innovative learning spaces, new hall to accommodate two basketball courts, a maker space, hospitality café, fitness & performance studio and a senior learning centre. The Oran Public School expansion included the upgrade of core facilities such as the hall, toilets, administration areas, staff, student and support facilities. JHA delivered mechanical, electrical, audio visual, vertical transport and ESD services for the two schools.
Ultimo Public School
A new school on the existing Ultimo Public School site, this project increased the student capacity from 285 to 800 and proposed a new education model that brings green space and flexible learning into the high density location. Located on a steep slope, the school maximises useable space as all terraces and rooftops double as garden or play spaces, easily connected to indoor teaching spaces. The building forms are designed such that the major glazing are well shaded, allowing for natural diffused daylight whilst minimising unwanted solar heat gains. Large operable windows and doors are provided to all learning areas to increase natural ventilation potential. The building has also been designed to induce the stack effect to further encourage airflows from outside through different areas and levels of the building via pressure differences. JHA carried out in-depth thermal comfort and natural ventilation modelling to inform the iterative development process.
St Andrews Chapter House
Refurbishment of the St Andrew’s Cathedral School Chapter House building and addition of an atrium to create a foyer with the adjacent church building. In consideration of the heritage requirements, JHA developed a building-integrated solar canopy solution to achieve the energy efficiency and visual impact goals of the project. Stephen Edwards Constructions. JHA
UQ Sir William MacGregor L1 Laboratory & Student Learning
JHA provided mechanical and electrical services consultancy for this 1500sqm refurbishment project which included the creation of new 180 student combined teaching lab, blended learning area, group learning, steriliser room, and other office and administrative facilities. JHA undertook infrastructure audits and assessment to ascertain the capacity of the existing services, to determine its ability for re-use and undertook infrastructure design to suit as part of the project.
Penshurst Public School
Redevelopment of the Penshurst Public School featuring: 47 new future focused teaching spaces new staff/ student amenities administration/ staff facilities new library new hall new covered outdoor learning area (COLA) maximised open play space. JHA delivered mechanical, electrical, high voltage & ESD services for this project.
Knox Grammar School PAC
Brand new, state-of-the-art performing arts centre to accommodate Knox Grammar’s growing arts department. The new facility features a 700-seat tiered lyric theatre, a 165-seat multi-purpose auditorium, music training facilities, recording studies, greenscreen rooms, drama rooms and a basement carpark. The theatres include an orchestra pit, sound shell facilities, recording studios, green screen rooms, audio mixing rooms, black box rooms and teaching spaces. JHA delivered electrical, audio visual and hydraulic services for this integrated facility.
Narrabri Wheat Research Facility
A collaboration between the University of Sydney, NSW Government, Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), the Wheat Research Foundation and Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC). This project involved the construction of a new 2,000sqm research and office facility, and refurbishment of existing research, offices and seminar spaces to deliver a state-of-the-art research facility, focusing on global food security and agribusiness support for the 21st century. The new centre is located at the University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, on land owned by the Wheat Research Foundation, and will house genetic and agronomy laboratories alongside digital and robotic workplaces and meeting space to support research and industry engagement. JHA delivered multidisciplinary services for this project.
UTS Rowing Club
JHA delivered multidisciplinary design services for this new major refurbishment of the University’s rowing shed and restaurant facilities at Haberfield. UTS Rowing Club features dining and bar areas, new café, boat & oat storage, new pontoon, deck, boat racking area, weight lifting area and a gym. JHA proposed optimised innovative mechanical ventilation strategy complimented with relaxed temperature set points to reduce energy consumption and overall building energy impact on the environment.
St Patrick’s Primary School
JHA undertook mechanical, electrical (including communications, fire detection, emergency & security), vertical transport, acoustic, and audio visual services design for the new St Patrick’s Primary School in Mortlake. The works were delivered under a staged manner (Stages 1, 2 & 3). Built on the site of an old industrial park and designed by QOH Architects, the new development will consist of two above ground floors and a sub-floor for the basement carpark. The construction includes multiple student facility buildings that incorporate seven General Learning Areas (GLA’s), a fully functional canteen, staff room, an outdoor area and offices. The uniqueness of the building structure, together with an ever-increasing IT rich learning environment required a coordinated, patient and precise electrical services installation. JHA worked closely with the Electrical contractor GCA Electrical Australia. As part of an energy saving strategy 14kw of solar panels were installed on the roof area, as well as an energy monitoring system being implemented on the heavy usage power circuits. This system allows the school to monitor their own energy usage and to find areas where energy costs can be saved. Daylight harvesting sensors were also installed, these sensors automatically adjust light levels within the building depending on the daylight levels outside.