Queenscliffe Marine Research Centre

An Arup Melbourne office project that consisted of a marine research laboratory located on a coastal waterfront position. The marine centre was equipped with circulating fresh and saltwater systems to serve numerous aquatic breeding tanks and at varying degrees of temperature with extensive filtration equipment and conditioning to support various stages of marine life for study, breeding and research. The main roof is subject to pedestrian traffic and is planted with local vegetation.

Responsibility included negotiating with Authorities on sanitary design  and vent penetrations through landscaped trafficable roof zone to rationalize exposed vents by the installation of imported air admittance valves, not yet approved in Australia, within the ceiling space. Also other sections of the project was redesigned to local and national codes and applicable standards as well as sewer, potable water supply, fire hydrant and hose reel systems including fire water storage tanks and booster pumps.

Melbourne services team congratulated hydraulic discipline on their ingenious design to particularly overcome a high risk vandalism problem with extensive penetrations that was required under current regulations.