This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
BUILDING standards for NSW schools are getting a makeover, in a partnership between Multiplex and School Infrastructure NSW.
Multiplex has signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding with School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW) enabling access to its Construction Handbook and its methodology and guidelines for education facilities.
“As we are pushing ahead with an historic investment into new and upgraded schools, a key focus for School Infrastructure NSW is to achieve certainty about quality, cost and delivery,” said Anthony Manning, chief executive of SINSW.
“The agreement with Multiplex is a great example of how we can collaborate with industry, benefit from their expertise and drive high quality outcomes in our projects.”
The government of NSW is making its largest ever investment into public education, by investing $7.9 billion into delivering over 200 new and upgraded schools across the state.
“We have decades of experience and research that shows us the more you collaborate and plan upfront, the better the quality outcomes will be,” said David Ghannoum, regional managing director for Multiplex NSW & ACT.
Multiplex’s documentation management approach, known as the Multiplex handbook, is works to address and identify common construction quality problems and is supported by the Centre for Excellence in Rosebery.
“This MOU enables us to share our hard-won knowledge and provide support to SINSW’s principal contractors to improve construction quality standards industry-wide,” added Ghannoum.
In April, Multiplex won the Mosman High School upgrade project ECI contract, again working with SINSW, to provide for a growing student body with facilities set to accommodate for 1,200 students.
“As part of our bid we put forward an opportunity to create more flexible learning spaces for Mosman High School, as well as greater connectivity to nature. We are looking forward to working with School Infrastructure in the coming months to progress the design through to delivery,” concluded Ghannoum.
