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<td width="182"><font color="#000000" face="Arial">818 Nicholson Street<br>
North Fitzroy 3068 <br>
Victoria Australia<br></font></td>
<td width="307"><font color="#000000" face="Arial">Phone: +61 3 9488-0000<br>
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<td width="182"><FONT face=Arial>Financial
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<td width="307"><font face=Arial>Tony De Fazio - 0418-327 233</font></td>
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<div align="left"><font color="#ffffff">The redevelopment of Melbourne's
historic Old Customs House comprised a three-level refurbishment and adaption
of this 1870's building in three stages. Materials used included significant
stone and brick for the carcass and external render facades, timber-framed
floors, pop-riveted girders and a copper corrugated roof. A particularly
demanding task was the re-conditioning of existing plaster work and the
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<td valign="top" rowspan="8" colspan="3"><font color="#ffffff">Outside the
builder has recreated the Tribute Garden with concrete pools built to minimal
tolerance levels to ensure correct water flow over bluestone plaques that
immortalise in granite the names of 3000 immigrants to Victoria.<br>
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Stringent stiffening
of the timber-framed floors was undertaken to withstand exhibit loadings
in the new Immigration and Hellenic Antiquities Museums that are
now housed in the Old Customs House. A new cafe has been located within a
series of vaulted rooms. To satisfy the design brief, two bluestone columns were
removed and the structure permanently propped up using steel beams and
infill brickwork. LU Simon and the structural engineers devised a method
of propping and demolishing that enabled the structure to remain stable, with
the load which had to be transferred from each demolished bluestone column -
in the order of 35 tonnes.<br>
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The works included the development of a series
of courtyards, outdoor eating areas, contemplative areas and urban
gardens suitable for festivals and events. Inside, a theatrette was
constructed with a state of the art audio-visual facility
ingeniously intergrated without comprising the aesthetics of the
room.
Spectacular views were achieved from glazed lifts due to</font>
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<font color="#ffffff"> accurate and meticulous work by the designers,
building surveyor, builder and sub-contactors.<BR>
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In the judges view, this project has delivered a functional use of a sensitive
heritage building in a way that provides a stimulating enviroment for the
public's enjoyment and a first-class result for the client. Due to the nature
of the project, the construction program was monitored closely, as continual
modifications by the client had the potential to blow out costs and the
completion date. LU Simons - in conjunction with the client and designers
- was able to engineer cost savings of up to $2.5 million without jeopardising
the original structure or design. This was done by reworking the original
specification and substuting alternatives for external glazing, external
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