Delivery of 186 studio, one (1) and two (2) bedroom apartments providing student accommodation and key worker housing to replace existing aged accommodation on the Sydney Adventist Hospital site

Background

The project involved the construction of 186 apartments, comprising:

  • Two (2) residential buildings (3 and 6 storeys) for student accommodation (Class 3) containing 126 studios
  • Two (2) residential buildings (3 and 7 storeys) for key worker accommodation (Class 2) containing 35 x 1 bedroom and 25 x 2-bedroom units (60 units in total)
  • Three (3) levels of Basement car parking
  • Associated landscaping

Johnstaff's role

Johnstaff was engaged by the Seventh Day Adventist Church SPD to provide end to end project management services for the education and residential precinct on the Sydney Adventist Hospital estate in Wahroonga.

The first stage was the construction of the Clinical Education Centre, a 3,500m2 education facility providing training facilities for Doctors and Nurses, completed in 2017. The second stage was the planning, design and construction of the key worker housing and student accommodation, to provide on-site accommodation for Hospital staff and medical students.

Addressing the issues

The student accommodation and key worker housing was approved under Part 3A State Significant Development, with subsequent Development Application lodged with Ku-ring-gai Council. Johnstaff managed the design with the Architect develop up standardised joinery and finishes throughout for economies during construction.. Johnstaff worked with the design team to provide a services strategy which provided future flexibility to strata subdivide the site into individual apartments in the future.

Johnstaff managed the planning (including town planning), design, procurement and superintendency of the project under a Design & Construct delivery model.

Outcomes

Johnstaff developed up robust set of Principal's Project Requirements (PPR’s) reflective of a full turnkey development ready for operation Day 1 post PC.
The project was approved by Ku-ring-gai Council via Development Application under the framework of an overarching Part 3A (now SSDA) approval
Cost efficiencies were realised through standardisation of joinery and design details for economies of scale.
Bathrooms were designed in standard left and right arrangement for the offsite manufacture of bathroom ‘pods’ by a third party.