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J.A. Crockett Pty Ltd
Hunter Regional Sports Centre Glendale
Winner: 2025 AWCI Awards of Excellence
"Commercial Over $5M: Specialist Linings Category"
The project consisted of 3 new buildings & refurb of an existing building. A new three storey Administration building with lots of curves, a new Trampoline Centre, a new Maintenance shed, and refurbishment of an existing Gymnasium & forming a new Creche in place of the old reception.
The project features a 340m2 curved timber perforated ceiling, 1000m2 of new timber wall linings, Two separating fire walls 12-16m high, Linear timber look ceiling, 2000m2 of Vitrapanel / Exotec Cladding, Autex Frontier Talus acoustic feature baffles in the foyer to a 6m high ceiling, Autex Raft Blades in 3 colours, Armstrong high Acoustic ceiling tiles, curved walls, curved bulkheads, raking & curved on plan stair soffit ceiling, curved mullion bulkheads, curved soffit linings & curved fascia linings With a project this size there are always a large amount of issues to overcome, putting the couple of hundred of RFI's aside some of the challenges that stood out include:1) Setting out a peanut shaped Autex ceiling feature to a ceiling which is 6m AFFL with a large amount of equipment on the floor which was not able to be cleared for us to set out the ceiling. To resolve this we hired a Leica Icon Laser Survey Theodolite.We then CAD this out in the office and then pinpointed each side of every single acoustic blade with the laser and marked it then striked a line between the 2 points. What would have taken days to plot out on the ground and then relay up to the ceiling was done in around 2hrs on site with the knowledge that it was copied exactly to the shape that the Architect originally drew. 2) The Curved Timber Perforated Ceiling was not a consistent radius, it went from convex to concave. This causes issues when you are ordering prefinished timber panels with perforations and a consistent border. They can't be trimmed down on site. The original set out provided by the architect didn't work to accommodate the air conditioning. So it all had to be changed once on site. Again we used CAD and provided plot points every 100mm to get a consistent curve between site and fabricators. From a flat ceiling to the curve an increase of 110mm in length happened. Once framed, we were able to order each panel and install without the need for any reorders. Products Used: Rondo wall framing & suspended ceiling framing, Fletcher Insulation, Knauf Plasterboard, Vitrapanel Cladding, James Hardie Cladding & Soffits, Autex Frontier Talus & Raft Blades, Armstrong Ceiling Tiles, Decor Systems Perforated Timber Acoustic Panels, Supawood slat ceiling, Aluminium skirting. Builder: Grindley Constructions
Architect: CKDS
The project features a 340m2 curved timber perforated ceiling, 1000m2 of new timber wall linings, Two separating fire walls 12-16m high, Linear timber look ceiling, 2000m2 of Vitrapanel / Exotec Cladding, Autex Frontier Talus acoustic feature baffles in the foyer to a 6m high ceiling, Autex Raft Blades in 3 colours, Armstrong high Acoustic ceiling tiles, curved walls, curved bulkheads, raking & curved on plan stair soffit ceiling, curved mullion bulkheads, curved soffit linings & curved fascia linings With a project this size there are always a large amount of issues to overcome, putting the couple of hundred of RFI's aside some of the challenges that stood out include:1) Setting out a peanut shaped Autex ceiling feature to a ceiling which is 6m AFFL with a large amount of equipment on the floor which was not able to be cleared for us to set out the ceiling. To resolve this we hired a Leica Icon Laser Survey Theodolite.We then CAD this out in the office and then pinpointed each side of every single acoustic blade with the laser and marked it then striked a line between the 2 points. What would have taken days to plot out on the ground and then relay up to the ceiling was done in around 2hrs on site with the knowledge that it was copied exactly to the shape that the Architect originally drew. 2) The Curved Timber Perforated Ceiling was not a consistent radius, it went from convex to concave. This causes issues when you are ordering prefinished timber panels with perforations and a consistent border. They can't be trimmed down on site. The original set out provided by the architect didn't work to accommodate the air conditioning. So it all had to be changed once on site. Again we used CAD and provided plot points every 100mm to get a consistent curve between site and fabricators. From a flat ceiling to the curve an increase of 110mm in length happened. Once framed, we were able to order each panel and install without the need for any reorders. Products Used: Rondo wall framing & suspended ceiling framing, Fletcher Insulation, Knauf Plasterboard, Vitrapanel Cladding, James Hardie Cladding & Soffits, Autex Frontier Talus & Raft Blades, Armstrong Ceiling Tiles, Decor Systems Perforated Timber Acoustic Panels, Supawood slat ceiling, Aluminium skirting. Builder: Grindley Constructions
Architect: CKDS
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