Aus Organics

The development of a new feed mill, additional cold store and packing and room at AUS Organics Kialla Foods has provided another step in the growth of this pioneering organic business just south of Toowoomba.

Organic grains are continuing to be more accessible to people for various applications and the $2.5M investment in new buildings plus the $11M investment in a state of the art mill shows the maturity of this market.

icubed consulting are proud to be associated with Kialla and this latest development.  We look to continue to support the growth of the organic food market by providing resourceful building design, engineering and project management for the industries growing infrastructure requirements.

Vanderfield, St George

icubed consulting designed and project managed the 3208 sq metre purpose-built extension at Vanderfield in St George from concept, development approval and tendering through to construction. The diverse team required on this project drew from icubed’s experienced Town Planners, Structural Engineers, Drafters, and Project Managers.

Challenges of remote area installations were faced during construction with icubed travelling to site regularly. The site needed major upgrading of fire services, power and communications infrastructure. At the same time the branch was able to maintain ‘business as usual’ providing service and parts throughout the cotton-picking season. The large roller shutters were needed to allow for the largest John Deere headers to enter into the work bays to be repaired.The local concrete plant was stretched to supply 600cubm of high strength concrete with 98T of structural steel being provided to support two 5 tonne gantry cranes.

The new building includes service kiosks for personalised service; expanded display areas to house small tractors; displays of children’s toys; clothing and consumables such as oil. The workshop has installed wash areas to keep the workshop clean and organised. Oil, air and water systems are reticulated through to central service points in the middle of the building.

Vanderfield is the largest agricultural John Deere distributor in Australia and New Zealand. Their reputation is based on a long history of support from a family run business and icubed continue to support them and other customers in their new ventures.

Paragon Street, Yeronga

icubed consulting was engaged by a client regarding issues they were experiencing in relation to works being completed by a landscaping contractor. icubed consulting was asked to provide project management services to assist in this matter.

A meeting was arranged with the clients and a perspective was drawn up to meet their requirements. On acceptance from the client a meeting was arranged with all parties involved and all construction issues where discussed.

Our concept involved a way of connecting the structure and how to seal it with the partially completed deck which was required. Rather than a number of partially completed sketches by the contractor.

While the contractor did have the right intentions, budgets had become restrained and with some direction and solutions to problems from icubed it enabled him to understand that we were providing assistance and not changing his project scope of works.

Following two more inspections and project management, the project was resolved successfully within three days and the owners were very happy with the resulting outcome and the project direction was rectified.
This is an example of good construction project management. We took into the client’s requirements and I worked with all parties to facilitate a good outcome.

Reward Pet Foods Processing Facility

Reward Petfoods is an Australian owned and operated pet food manufacturer located in Toowoomba QLD.

With business growth, owner’s Craig and Michelle Jones outgrew their original factory and expanded into an existing site located in Industrial Avenue, Toowoomba.

The new site required a dilapidated industrial building to be converted into a food manufacturing plant for the preparation, cooking and packing of pet food treat products which incvluded new epoxy floors and insulated panel walls.

Due to the unique nature of the processing facility the development approval and construction required new trade waste and cooking compliance requirements.

Esco Corporation – 25 Trade Street, Lytton

icubed was commissioned to manage the Development Approval and complete the design of this facility. The project involved an 800sqm two storey office and a 2000sqm warehouse with external hardstand. icubed worked with the proposed tenant, ESCO to develop their interior office layout which included management offices, meeting and boardrooms plus an open plan area. Facing directly west, considerable effort was given to cooling this facade whilst still maintaining an outlook to the upper floor.

Interestingly, the site had previously been used for container handling and the ongoing compaction of this over a long period of time allowed for a floating system for the warehouse using innovative fire wall connections saving the landlord Roderico Pty Ltd considerable costs.

Based on our knowledge of the building and presence on site, icubed then acted as the superintendent for the contract which included the management of progress claims for the builder FK Gardner and Sons, answering limited site queries to deliver this project on time and with no overruns.

Guardhouse Road, Banyo

The speculative development at Guardhouse Road, Banyo, was to provide 2,000 square metre buildings on lots 1 and 2 for the medium-sized industrial tendencies in the area. The design is modern yet efficient and was completed in a design-and-construct partnership with Tailored Projects.

The development included architectural designs, marketing renders, civil, structural and hydraulic engineering with the landscaping completed as part of the full design package offered. The building is of brace box construction with a steel frame floor with common driveways and shared services.

SW1 – Warehouse Wayne Goss Drive, Berrinba

Fraser’s Property Group have been developing the SW1 precinct at Berrimbah and prepared a speculative development of 16,000 square metres with split tenancy.

icubed was competitively priced and won the architectural design with structural, civil, and hydraulic engineering as well as landscaping for the project.

The building design involved taking the DA approved drawings through to Construction with FKG. The project is a Greenstar 6-star building, which required water re-use strategies, stormwater quality, solar systems, and shading analysis as per the requirements.

This building has a 35 metre wide undercover awning area to cater for 8 roller shutters. The offices at each end of the building present a professional office with appropriate finishes for the size and quality of the building.

Hitachi Tom Price, WA

icubed has assisted Hitachi Construction Machinery in expanding their current facility in the remote community of Tom Price Western Australia.

icubed reviewed master planning options, provided cost plans and documented a budget driven solution. This provided Hitachi with the right mix of office / warehouse and workshop areas for their central Pilbara office located in Tom Price.

Formstruct were the selected builder in the project tender and delivered the solution demonstrating good project documentation and project management of a remote site.

BP Crestmead

An application for a Development Permit for a Service Station over land within the Logan City Council was made by icubed Consulting on behalf of FK Gardner and Sons Pty Ltd. The land which a material change of use was proposed was on a vacant industrial lot. The proposed development would not have any adverse impacts on surrounding environments yet add to the amenity value of the industrial area.

icubed was able to gain quick approval for this development with a comprehensive and detailed application being put forward to Logan City Council. The turnaround period for this application was just under 2 months. This development type is a fine example of showcasing icubed Consulting’s high proficiency and experience in the industrial/heavy industry development sector.

QGC Upstream Operations

The recently opened QGC USOB development won the 2015 QMBA Construction Award for the Southern Downs Industrial Category. Icubed would like to thank our client QGC, our services consultants Cushway Blackford & Associates and Hutchinson Builders for their efforts on the project.

The prominent facility in Chinchilla was purpose built to serve as the distribution center to support Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) Project infrastructure within in the Surat Basin area. The clients exacting requirements for occupant health and safety, operation efficiency and quality were integral to Icubed’s design of the 19,000m2 development which was procured under fixed sum tender to ensure these key requirements exceeded benchmarks set by typical assets of this type.

For more information on Commercial & Industrial projects contact Marc Duncalfe at our Toowong office.