To reduce the developments upfront carbon, BG&E designed ancillary offices using mass timber.

The proposed development comprises the construction, fit out and operation of a two-storey warehouse and distribution centre with ancillary offices, which includes:

• Demolition of all existing structures and buildings on site
• Retention of existing fire tanks and pump room
• 24,485m2 of total gross floor area (GFA) comprising approximately

• • 19,864m2 of warehouse GFA across eight warehouse units
  • 2,790m2 of office GFA, and
  • 773 m2 of rooftop garden area

The office structure comprises

• One level of concrete mezzanine floor
• Two levels of timber office floor with Glulam timber columns and beams and CLT floor panels
• One level of timber rooftop terrace floor with Glulam timber columns and beams and CLT floor panels

BG&E Scope

• Structural design for the timber office building attached to the main warehouse core – from concept design to 70% tender detailed design
• Provide specialty timber services, including acoustics advice for timber floor and fire design of timber elements
• Auto-extinguishment analysis of timber structure
• Provide high level costing plan
• Undertake embodied carbon calculation of office structure with different construction methodology

Key Technical Achievements & Innovations

• Provided structural design options to keep timber procurement options open
• Provided auto-extinguishment analysis of timber office structure to prove each compartment fire will put itself out within the specified FRL
• Lowered the embodied carbon of the development by utilising exposed timber for the office structure