Award Winning Mosman House – An Engineering Case Study
Architect: Smart Design Studio Mosman House is a domestic, residential project that was effectively three projects in one. The undertaking involved the significant renovations and “alterations & additions” to a grand old mansion, the construction on the adjacent property of an all-new pavilion/residence featuring exceptional and ornate off-form concrete throughout, and the construction of a […]
Skymate Australia
Appearing as the skeleton of a space station, fallen onto an Adelaide beach side park, ‘Skymate’ is an aerial adventure park. Consisting of 54 ‘sky pod’ activity stations over four levels, which form the framework for over one hundred different aerial activities. These include high-ropes obstacles, freefall jumps, suspension bridges, swings and more: some for […]
UTS Central Sunshade and Operable Louvres
1. Introduction UTS Central was designed by architects FJMT Studio and the concept was to design a building that responds to its dense urban environment through both aesthetics and function. FJMT proposed a critical design feature of the project – a series of intricate, operable sun shades on the building’s north-facing façade. To deliver on […]
Haxtead Garden House – An engineering case study
Haxtead Garden House – An engineering case study The project involved a new concrete and steel-framed pavilion in coastal rural NSW. The material combination was chosen to offer protection from the harsh elements while engaging with views of the surrounding landscape and Sapphire Coast. The structure is 40m long x 8.4m wide which incorporates an […]
PERTH STADIUM ARBOUR – A case study on unusual engineering projects
In 2017, Partridge Event were involved in the structural design of the Perth Stadium Arbour, which is a series of 43 x 10m high steel arches with a 21m span, creating a 450m long covered community arbour linking the new Stadium Station to the Swan River, an amphitheatre, children’s playgrounds, picnic areas and a boardwalk. […]
The role of the structural engineer in the temporary art space
Most people associate structural engineers with buildings and infrastructure (e.g. concrete office blocks, bridges, towers, and so on). But there’s a whole other realm that is very dependent on structural engineers – and it’s an area that Partridge has been involved with for several decades…. One of the more unique areas of interest and expertise for […]
Inside Strata
REMEDIAL WORKS Partridge Managing Director, Peter Standen sat down with Inside Strata to discuss the necessary steps strata owners and managers should take to reduce water damage when identified and the importance of selecting a qualified, experienced remedial company to carry out any rectification building works: Q1. According to industry reports, waterproofing defects are one […]
Building Defects in Strata Property
BUILDING DEFECTS IN A STRATA PROPERTY The residential multi-storey apartment buildings defects are in the spotlight with structural defects to Opal Tower and Mascot Tower requiring evacuation, the ‘Sugarcube’, Zetland with the Council not allowing occupation, which were on top of the tragic fire at the Grenfell Tower in London in 2017 and the fire […]
Gone with the wind
When we engineer a building, we consider all the possible loads on the structure. One of these loads is the wind, and it plays a surprisingly major role in determining the design and sizing of a roof. In the case of a house, it’s actually the wind that is the dominant, governing force! What this […]
Scalabrini Village completed
One of Partridge’s largest ever building projects has successfully been handed over and commissioned! Scalabrini Village’s new facility at Drummoyne is a ground-breaking aged care facility that specialises in and caters for residents with dementia. Partridge was engaged as both the Structural & Civil engineer to design the buildings and oversee the construction. The whole […]
Architects & Engineers – shrinking the gap
Partridge’s engineers, project managers, and draftees are frequently out and about at architectural and industry networking events. One message we repeatedly hear from our architectural colleagues is frustration as their designs and visions are compromised by structural limitations, builders’ approaches, inflexible consultants, and site complexities. For example, why is it that some engineers insist on […]
Concrete cancer – what is it and what does it mean?
Concrete cancer is a term you’ll often hear in the building industry. And, just as cancer is something you don’t want to discover in yourself, neither do you want to find it in your concrete. So what is it, and what does it mean? Just like cancer in humans, cancer in concrete starts out as […]