BG&E was engaged by the Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) to provide technical review and advisory services for the New Schools 2025 program, which included two school bundles scheduled for delivery in 2025.

This work involved peer review, inspection of civil and structural design packages, and providing detailed comments and feedback.

Bundle A contained two primary schools, both with Kindergartens on School Site (KOSS) facilities:

• Wollert Central Primary School.
• Riverdale North Primary School.

Bundle B contained four primary schools, one which included a temporary KOSS facility, and one with a secondary school:

• Thompsons West Primary School.
• Pakenham North West Primary School.
• Casey Central Primary School.
• Clyde North Primary and Secondary School.

The scope of the technical review and advisory team was to provide VSBA with assurance that the designs met the requirements of its Building Quality Standards Handbook, NCC, Australian Standards, NATSPEC and laws and regulations applicable to the delivery of schools to VSBA.

Additionally, the project scope was to provide advice to enhance the value for money and benefits of the new facilities to the local community.

Each site was unique, and each delivered bundle consisted of several template buildings that could be slightly modified to suit the site specific conditions.