DDC 2 MSND 4DConstructionPlanningReport

DIGITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 2 

ASSESSMENT TASK 01 

SUBMITTED BY – MSND 

PREPARED FOR – JULIE JUPP 

DATE SUBMITTED – 29 th May 2017 

GROUP MEMBERS 

STUDENT NAME STUDENT NUMBER DISCIPLINE 

Selver Moshe 12012151 Plumbing and Fire 

Nicholas Zambounis 12026528 Mechanical and Electrical 

Khanh Duc Trinh 99129797 Architectural 

Mohamad Mariam 12011957 Structural 

16470 - Digital Design and Construction 2 

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Table of Contents 

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING PROFILE ................................................................................... 3 

INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 3 

BUILDING TYPE AND PURPOSE .................................................................................................. 3 

SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS .................................................................................. 4 

2. DESCRIPTION OF MODEL PROFILES ...................................................................................... 5 

ARCHITECHTURAL AND FAÇADE - Khanh Duc Trinh .............................................................. 5 

STRUCTURAL - Mohamad Mariam ................................................................................................. 8 

MECHANICAL – Nicholas Zambounis ........................................................................................... 15 

ELECTRICAL – Nicholas Zambounis ............................................................................................. 22 

PLUMBING – Selver Moshe ............................................................................................................ 24 

FIRE – Selver Moshe ........................................................................................................................ 27 

3. DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND CLIENT PROFILE ................................................................... 29 

LOCATION AND BOUNDARY ..................................................................................................... 29 

VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN FLOWS................................................................. 31 

OTHER SITE SPECIFIC & LOGISTICS DETAILS ....................................................................... 32 

CLIENT OPERATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS ............................................................................ 33 

4. RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH ........................................................... 34 

CONTROLLED RISK ...................................................................................................................... 34 

UNCONTROLLED RISKS .............................................................................................................. 36 

5. PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT ....................................................................................................... 37 

SITE MANAGEMENT APPROACH .............................................................................................. 37 

LAYOUT DIAGRAMS .................................................................................................................... 41 

6. ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RCC CONTRACT PROGRAMME .................... 44 

ARCHITECHTURAL - Khanh Duc Trinh ....................................................................................... 44 

STRUCTURAL - Mohamad Mariam ............................................................................................... 52 

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL – Nicholas Zambounis ........................................................ 63 

PLUMBING AND FIRE – Selver Moshe ........................................................................................ 70 


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1. DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING PROFILE 

INTRODUCTION 

UTS currently have in place a “UTS City Campus Master Plan”. This Master Plan consists of 

the upgrade of the previously occupied Building 2. Building 2, at its time of operation, was 

mainly used as a space for students to study, access printing facilities, and attend class in 

lecture rooms. 

Building 2, nestled between Building 11 and the Tower on Broadway 

BUILDING TYPE AND PURPOSE 

Building 2 will ultimately be classified as a Commercial Building which will be used to 

service the ever growing number of students enrolling into UTS. The new development will 

comprise of 16 levels, which includes two floors underground. The final plan for the use of 

the building is not yet confirmed but the current proposal includes a range of various student 

spaces, the new UTS library in the lower levels and the upper levels to be dedicated to high 

end research facilities for students to utilise. 

Artist's impression of the transformed Building 2 


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SCOPE AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS 

The original scope for the project was to partially demolish Building 2 and maintain areas 

which would have been treated as a foundation to the newly proposed Building 2. As the 

construction works commenced, the idea was raised and proposed to have the building 

demolished in its entirety and commence with a new build from the ground up, this idea was 

then agreed upon by the project stakeholders. The reason for this change in methodologies 

was that the project delivery team could produce a high end product. This was also 

supplemented with the difficulties surrounding the interface between the old and proposed 

building, in particular, the services. 

The overall construction delivery will be heavily guided by the implementation of 4D 

technologies which include Revit and Navisworks. The construction delivery team, RCC, will 

incorporate the use of 4D technology not only amongst themselves and consultants, but will 

also ensure the subcontractors 


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2. DESCRIPTION OF MODEL PROFILES 

ARCHITECHTURAL AND FAÇADE - Khanh Duc Trinh 

Regarding the architectural elements of the Building 2 – UTS Central, FJMT in collaboration with 

DJRD and Lacoste + Stevenson did an amazing job to convey its unique design in the architecture file 

provided. The elements were broken down into levels and separated into Architecture and Façade 

folders. The components that make up the elements is curtain walls, ceiling, doors, floor finishes and 

internal walls. They are then broken down to specific levels by using the find item tool to generate 

search sets. This was only made possible due to the fact that the overall design of the project was well 

put together with very detailed profile description. 

IDENTIFICATION OF DISCREPANCIES IN DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC MODELS 

As mentioned above, the architecture model was very put together and made it fairly straight forward 

to generate search sets. There were a few discrepancies that have it difficult to produce search sets for 

some component such as ceiling, furniture, door and stairs. The main issue was different components 

of the model had similar or exact properties with no allocated levels to differentiate. Please see 

screenshots below for example. 

1. Ceiling components were not able to be identified in specific levels. The solution was to 

tediously enter in property names and provide “or” condition to link to other ceiling panels on 

the same level. Please screen-shot below for a visual explanation 


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2. Some searches set were difficult to obtain due to the fact that there was lack of description or 

similar profile description. For example, when using property names to distinguish the 

specific levels of each ceiling, some components in the façade would be included as well. 

Please see as per screen-shot below. 

3. It was extremely difficult to separate furniture and joinery items into level search sets, as they 

all had exact properties. Please see below screen-shot 


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4. Lift door housing/frames were included in the door search set due to how similar the 

properties were. However the main problem was the clash of the lift panel against the 

structural block wall. Please see below screen-shot 

5. Below level 8, the model does not prescribe as description or layer profile to the properties, 

therefore making it near impossible to allocated search sets. Example of this are the 

escalators, spinal stairs and bulkheads. 


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STRUCTURAL - Mohamad Mariam 

Structural discipline comprises of the building foundations, these include all vertical and horizontal 

elements: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design and physical integrity 

Footings 

Piles 

Columns 

Core (load bearing) walls 

Beams (transfer of horizontal loads) 

Slabs 

Concrete upturn, downturn, HOB‟s, Set downs Pits and Vertical and Horizontal Penetrations. 

All concrete, reinforcement steel and supporting structural elements. 

Structural component is the prerequisite for all other Construction Disciplines. It integrates into its 

engineering specification all live and dead loads including the integration of all architectural and 

façade elements. 


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We have been provided with an incomplete 4D Modelling Design of the UTS-BUILDING 2, 

CENTRAL PROJECT. The model comprises of all the disciplines into one file. The structure of the 

above project is not your typical design that incorporates 90 degree vertical elements and cornered 

edges that are plumbed to the above and below floors. 

It is crucial that the structural discipline is well detailed with regards to item selection and 

incorporated correct and detailed contract programme. 

When we commenced working on the Search Sets it was quickly visible that the search sets and 

programme lacked in a great deal of information. When collaborating both Search Sets and 

Construction Programme we picked up some discrepancies. 

Discrepancies include: 

1. The program and Search sets had generically separated the beams and slabs. In traditional 

construction of Floors the beams and slabs are simultaneously constructed as they are paired 

with one another. 

To rectify this issue we have added an “or condition” to the search sets which includes the beams into 

the slabs component. 


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Find items Window that indicates the „Or Condition‟: 

When integrating the 2 search sets we had to integrate it into the RCC Construction program. This 

will assist into creating a more realistic assumption of the construction methodology. 

2. Discrepancy was identified when creating a search set for the core and the stair of the 

building (Level 8 – Roof). The Core did not integrate the stair subsequently. To rectify the 

issue we integrated the Stair Search Sets into a different Programme action. 


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3. The program had another design affiliated discrepancy on Level 18. Where it was clearly 

visual that there had been no stairs design onto level 18 leading from Level 17. 


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4. Originally the search sets and Construction Program had separated the Universal beam 

columns level 17 into two separated installation sequence. This in fact create addition 

construction time to the program. 

5. While creating the time liner sequence with integration of the construction programme. The 

simulation showed the core of the building leading the slabs and beams in construction by up 

to 3 Floors. This id due to the use of a Jump Form. The discrepancy is located in the Design 

where the cores included an Upturn as part of the IFCWALLS. In actuality it will not be a 

realistic approach in construction. 


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6. When rectifying the Search Sets it was very difficult to remove the condition as there where 

„Or Conditions‟ implied in above elements. 

To rectify the problem we had deleted above conditions of the Core Element and 

implemented a new item with the GUID name after making the selection we used the Mitigate 

action. This solved the issue without having to creating a Search Set. 

Find Items changes: 


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7. On level 8 Elemental break down there were concrete upturns that were not included part of 

the slab Search Sets. To rectify the issue we had created an „Or Condition‟ part of the “FRP 

Beams and Slab P2_8”. This had shortened the Construction Program and added a realistic 

approach to the Design Coordination. 

Integration to Level 8 Pour 2 sequence as an „Or Condition‟. 


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MECHANICAL – Nicholas Zambounis 

The mechanical model is predominately comprised of the following three items: 

1. Exhaust Air 

2. Return Air 

3. Supply Air 


Throughout the mechanical model, there has been no separation between vertical and horizontal 

elements, therefore when searching for either of the three abovementioned items on any particular 

level, both horizontal and vertical elements are populated. 

There have been a considerable amount of discrepancies identified within the Mechanical model 

which include: 

1. Ductwork is not able to be identified until insulation is hidden as per the below screen-shot: 


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2. Vertical ducts for Exhaust air located on Level 8 extend through the building as per the below 

screen-shot: 

3. Vertical Mechanical Pipes located on Level 8 extend through the building as per the below 

screen-shot: 


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4. Exhaust Air located on Level 9 extends through the building as per the below screen-shot: 

5. Exhaust Air located on Level 10 extends through the building as per the below screen-shot: 


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6. When searching for Exhaust Air on Level 11, a mechanical component is also found on Level 

12 as per the below screen-shot: 

7. When searching for Exhaust Air on Level 12, a mechanical component is also found on Level 

13 as per the below screen-shot: 


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8. When searching for Exhaust Air on Level 13, vertical ductwork extends through the building 

as per the below screen-shot: 

9. When searching for Exhaust Air on Level 14, vertical ductwork extends through the building 

as per the below screen-shot: 


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10. When searching for Exhaust Air associated with Level 15, Mechanical components on Level 

16 are shown, as per the below screen-shot: 

11. When searching for Exhaust Air associated with Level 17, vertical duct throughout the 

building appears as per the below screen-shot: 


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12. When searching for Supply Air associated with Level 17, vertical ductwork throughout the 

building appears as per the below screen-shot: 

13. When searching for Exhaust associated with the Roof Level, ductwork which extends through 

the building appears as per the below screen-shot: 


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ELECTRICAL – Nicholas Zambounis 

The Electrical model predominately comprises of the following four items: 

1. Cable trays 

2. Security boards 

3. Distribution boards 

4. Communications data boards 


There have been a considerable amount of discrepancies identified within the Electrical model which 

include: 

1. When searching for Cable Trays associated with Level 8, a vertical cable tray which extends 

through the building is found, as per the below excerpt: 

2. When searching for Cable Trays associated with Level 11, vertical cable trays on lower levels 

are found, as per the below excerpt: 


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3. Generally, when searching for cable trays, there is no separation between horizontal and 

vertical trays as per the below excerpt: 


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PLUMBING – Selver Moshe 

The plumbing components of the model include the following items – 

1. Hydraulic drainage services which is further broken down in horizontal and vertical elements 

2. Hydraulic pressure services 


HYDRAULIC DRAINAGE SERVICES 

1. Generally, when searching for drainage pipes, there is no separation between horizontal and 

vertical pipes, as per the below excerpt: 


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2. When searching for Hydraulic Horizontal Drainage pipes associated with Level 8, drainage 

pipes which extended vertically through the building as found, as per the below excerpt: 

3. When searching for pipes associated with Level 10, pipes from above levels are shown, as per 

the below excerpt: 


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4. When searching for pipes associated with Level 17, pipes which extend through the building 

are found, as per the below excerpt: 

HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SERVICES 

1. When searching for Hydraulic Pressure Services associated with Level 8, a vertical Hydraulic 

Pressure Pipe which extends through the building is found as per the below excerpt: 


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FIRE – Selver Moshe 

The fire model consists of the following building elements – 

1. Fire cable trays 

2. Fire pipes 

3. Fire sprinklers 


1. Generally, when searching for Fire Pipes there is no separation between vertical and 

horizontal elements, as per the below excerpt: 


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2. When searching for Fire Cable Trays associated with Level 8, vertical Fire Cable Trays which 

extend through the building are found, as per the below excerpt: 

3. When searching for Fire Pipes associated with Level 17, a vertical Fire Pipe which extends 

through the building is found, as per the below excerpt: 


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3. DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND CLIENT PROFILE 

LOCATION AND BOUNDARY 

PROJECT NAME: Building 2- UTS Central 

PROJECT ADDRESS: 16/1 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007 

The project is located on Broadway (corner of Jones St and Broadway) that will be broken down into 

phases, first phase which will be the redevelopment of building 2 which will include Learning 

Commons and research space. The works on phase one commenced in November 2016 where 

demolition took place to the existing building 2. 

The second phase of the project comprises of an extension to the Tower Building one. The extensions 

include having podium to the main entrance and an informal public learning space. 

Prior to the commencement of construction Broadway and Jones St had open access ways to one 

another. Due to the commencement of the project and the need for hoardings for the safety and 

clearance of the public. They have closed the corner access between the two roads. 

The front of Building 2 (encapsulated by distinctive Glass Podium from Levels 3-7) is 

located to the Southern side to Broadway and to the North of the building it faces the Alumni 

Green Building. 


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Building 2 is in the centre of Broadway. It is: 

 

 

 

5 minute walk from central station 

Across the road from Central Park. 

Ultimo Tafe NSW 

Due to the limited working/construction space it had originally limited RCC with material 

storage and equipment mobility. For this reason RCC and the Sydney Council have agreed to 

go forward in extending the Site Boundary across Jones St. As a result there will be no access 

between Broadway and Jones St via car. 

The Eastern Boundary is adjacent to the Tower Building 1, where it has closed the eagres and 

access between the two buildings. 


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VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN FLOWS 

PEDESTRIAN 

Due to the restricted location of the site, it is a very crucial stage of managing the flow of vehicle and 

pedestrian flow as it is a very highly condensed zone. The location is known to have a large number 

of pedestrian that are mixed between UTS Students/Staff, construction staff and the General Public. 

In the year 2014, the statistics illustrate that over 39,000 students are enrolled in UTS with 27,000 

being full time students. This number is since to be greater and will continue to expand over the 

coming year. 

„NEW‟ Website published on 15/09/2017 that Central Station has an estimated number of 270,000 

individuals pass through it on a daily basis. 

Hours of working will be restricted 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday. There will be no work on 

Saturday. Any additional out of hours work must be granted by Sydney City Permission and 

additional costs with full disclosure in the reporting documentation. 

TRAFFIC 

RCC have arranged site vehicle access to be through the Jones St. this will limit the flow of 

traffic in the region. The only route into Jones St will be via the entry of wattle St and exiting 

through Thomas St to Harris St. 

There has been traffic controllers located at the gate of the project on Jones St that direct all 

pedestrian activity and flow when there are equipment, vehicles and machinery exiting and 

entering the project. 


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OTHER SITE SPECIFIC & LOGISTICS DETAILS 

Surrounding university building premises must be completely operational, occupied and no 

disturbance must be made to the Occupants and any distractions must be prevented or at a bare 

minimum. 

All users to the surrounding buildings must have a safe, free of any issues/costs and uninterrupted 

from their activities and duties. 

Access to existing university buildings in use will need to be programmed with at least seven (7) 

days‟ and a notice must be submitted to the users and clients before any changes or plans can proceed. 

Strict observance to all safety necessities must be practical with all the works to be carried out to 

Controlling Consultants‟ requests. 

It is vital, regardless of main site conditions, that existing structures be protected from all-weather 

elements during the course of these works, particularly water entrance. 

SITE DELIVERIES 

Due to the site location and site boundaries, site deliveries where a challenge in the early stages. the 

Entry of the site on Jones St, must be will managed and adhered to at all times as the General Public 

and UTS students use it as a walk way to cross between Buildings 10 and Alumni Green. 

By having the logistics delivered to site via Jones St was strategically arranged as the vehicle flow of 

the general public is much lower than that of Broadway. This plan eases the risk of pedestrian clashes 

and any harm. 

This also reduces the amount of expected delays in traffic on Broadway and as a result will not disrupt 

the flow. 


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CLIENT OPERATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS 

Due to the nature of the project, it is located in an educational facility. Restriction they had come 

across include; that the surrounding university building premises are fully occupied and disruption to 

the occupants must be kept to a minimum. 

This is challenging for RCC and all contract work that are taking place. As a result of this action UTS 

had agreed to delay the demolition phase from mid-year 2016 to the University Summer Holidays. 

Additional all safe, free and any uninterrupted access to building 2 must be maintained for all 

occupants and the general public. 

This condition increases the risk and responsibility of RCC to maintain a structured method of 

manoeuvrability in and out of the site. This is a priority as it increases RCC liability. 

Access to existing university buildings in use will need to be programmed with at least seven days‟ 

notice in advance given to the occupants. This conditions puts pressure on RCC to continually follow 

up on the program and take into consideration any delays that occur on the critical path. 

It is crucial that there is strict focus on all safety requirements to all personnel working within that 

facility and carried out in accordance to Regulatory Authorities requirements. 

An additional condition to the responsibility of RCC is that it is vital regardless of fundamental site 

conditions that all existing structures are to be protected from all-weather elements during the time 

undertaken to construct this project. With special focus on water access. 

This is additional costings for RCC from the aspect of labour, materials and the liability of having to 

secure the existing building whilst constructing a complex project. 


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4. RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH 

With a project of this size and in a busy location, there are many potential risks for the builder. MSND 

has drawn on their experiences of past project in similar environment to highlight the risks involve 

with a project like this. The environment that this building is located in subjects it to unique hazards 

that would likely not be for other projects 

CONTROLLED RISK 

Location 

Traffic Management The site of UTS building 2 is surrounded by major road such as Broadway 

road, which links the inner west and south west suburbs to the city. 

Therefore the peak hour around the southern side of the building is a major 

risk to the project as it causes difficulties scheduling deliveries. It is also to 

be noted that ideas of temporarily closing this road is not an option as it 

would cause chaotic delays to the traffic network. Permits from the council 

and certified traffic controllers will need to be employed to help mitigate 

the hindrance to the traffic if it is not possible to use the back streets. 

Thomas street and Jones street are located on the western side of the 

building and due to their nature of being small in size, the risk of 

transporting a large load could potential cause road damages and incur 

council fines. It is noted that Richard Crookes Construction has hired and 

blocked off Jones street to serve as a loading dock and site accommodation. 

This was a great idea however would incur substantial costs. We 

recommend to execute large unloading/loading of deliveries during the 

Pedestrian 

Management 

Material and labour 

availability 

night to minimise the impact to the traffic network. 

On top of the dense traffic surrounding the building, there is also an active 

university next door, therefore the risk involve with pedestrian grow even 

higher. With thousands of people passing the building on the daily basis, 

there is a major risk of pedestrian being injured along the perimeter of the 

project due to fallen objects. Class B hoardings and line marking to assist 

travellers is essential to prevent risk of injury. In addition, we will also 

provide traffic controllers during peak hours such as the morning rush. 

As discussed in traffic management, there is high risk involved with getting 

material delivered to site, but in addition, the site does not allow for much 

area to store these materials. So the risk of material management grows 

greatly as procuring materials would be difficult because of already logistic 

pressure but minimal areas to work with. This would eventually cause 

stress in the project programme and would incur costs and delays. The only 

resolution to carefully schedule materials to come as the work needs them 

to so they can be directly be used, instead of being stored. 

Being close to central Sydney, one would think that there should not be any 

issues with labour availability. However in the same way as material, travel 

time and minimal parking could potentially discourage labour resources 

from coming. It might incur an additional fee to convince additional 

resource on site or set dates of incentives such as site barbeques to 

encourage morale. 

Nosie and Vibration 

management 

As mentioned above, the project is neighbouring busy roads, shopping 

centre and a university, so there is a higher risk of noise and vibration 

causing damage to other infrastructure and residents The issue of noise and 

vibration is minimise through the use of class b hoardings and also noted 


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Air quality 

Management 

Project Type 

Contract variations 

Client operations and 

Constraints 

Safety 

Standards and 

Legislations 

that Richard Crookes utilise the university holiday to bulk excavated the 

site. But also conducting geotechnical reports and inspections are a must 

when minimising these risks. 

One of the main risk with conducting demolition and excavation is air 

quality management. Much needed planning is required to reduce this 

problem. Measures to reduce this risk could be conducting environmental 

control maps, retaining as much vegetation where possible, scheduling 

construction activities that may generate dust in accordance with wind 

conditions, covering expose surfaces and damping down the active areas by 

using watering mechanisms. 

Being a Design and Construct project, most of the risk lies with the 

contractor. It involves risks such as losses of time and money due to delays 

of information and disputes of execution of work and delays in payment. 

But one of the stand outs are contract variations, which would be certain 

with this project like this. It is noted that a redesign of the entire project 

was done in the demolition and excavation period of the project. When 

constructing to unapproved designs, it is certain that variations will occur 

and potentially causes a blow out of the budget. MSND will be actively 

integrating its project team with the design team to minimise loss of time 

due to lack of information. 

The university of technology is the client and its operations and constraint 

will cause problems in the success of this project. Risks such as having to 

adhere to student seasonal timetables may delay construction due to 

scheduling around examination and study periods. Another risk is the 

university having their own codes and protocols which could also delay 

construction time by putting pressure on the administration side of the 

work. There is no solution to such a unique risk, it is only recommended 

that careful planning and management is used throughout the life of the 

project. 

In this day and age, safety is considered as the most important subject with 

conducting any work. Management plans, SWMS, constant inspection and 

inductions is the key to preventing any unsafe work on site. However, 

MSND understands that if an incident was to occur, we will take the 

necessary steps and procedures to ensure a professional respond is 

delivered. 

Getting standards and legislation wrong will cause major costs and delay to 

the project and therefore during the design phrase, MSND will ensure the 

project will meet all standards and legislation involved. However, in a rare 

case where it has not meet the suitable outcome, MSND will draw on its 

experience to resolve the problem in a case by case basis. 

Time-based 

Programme 

Calendar Events 

Delays to the programme will evidently cause costs but with careful 

management and scheduling, this risk should not be an issue. Extension of 

time are used with unforseen circumstance occur and consider with proper 

reasoning. 

Being so central around university and the city, planning and schedule will 

be needed to consider the university timetable and holidays to ensure there 

are less clashes with its occupants. This is done by conducting less 

destructive work during the day and more damaging work on the weekend 

and holidays 


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UNCONTROLLED RISKS 

Weather 

An unpredictable risk that may occur are long delays due to bad weather 

and damaging condition which will cause delays to the programme. As 

mentioned before, extension of time and delay costs will be considered and 

submitted with rational reasons. But this is to be dealt with in a case by 

case manner. 

Industrial Action Industrial actions could strike in a sudden manner and would cause major 

delays to the project. As like above, extension of time and delay costs will 

be considered and submitted with rational reasons, but this is to be dealt 

with in a case by case manner. MSND will work closely with unions to 

take the necessary action to overcome this risk. 


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5. PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT 

SITE MANAGEMENT APPROACH 

1. SITE PERIMETER FENCING, HOARDINGS 

The entire site boundary will be enclosed by Class A hoarding which will be painted black 

and wrapped with approved City of Sydney Council banners to minimise vandalism and 

increase streetscape appearance during construction. The perimeter fencing will be securely 

locked at all times to ensure there is no access from the public to maintain safety. Further to 

this, RCC will provide B Class, overhead structural protective hoarding along the Broadway 

boundary to protect pedestrians walking past the site from any potential falling objects. 

2. CRANE-AGE‟ STRATEGY 

The site will be serviced with the use and implementation of a luffing crane. This crane will 

be situated on the northern boundary closest to Alumni Green and will have the ability to 

service the entire site. The luffing crane to be used will be the J80 PA from the Titan Cranes 

luffing crane range which has a 40 metre jib radius. This crane has the capacity to lift 1300kg 

at the tip. This will be sufficient to service the job as required. 


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3. SITE DELIVERIES 

All site deliveries will come through the Jones Street entrance as we will have a double swing 

gate incorporated into the A Class hoarding. These trucks will then mobilise in the material 

storage area for unloading. All deliveries will need to be booked 24 hours in advance with the 

site team to ensure the process is managed in an efficient manner. The site deliveries will be 

managed with two traffic controllers who will be located on Jones Street full time to direct 

trucks in and out of the site. 

4. MATERIALS HANDLING 

There will be four critical plant items which will service this project, which include: 

a. Manatou (Telehandler) – The manatou will be used to fork unload pallets and 

other large deliveries straight off the back of trucks and utes. The manatou has 

the ability the drive up and down Jones St (within the confines of the site) and 

therefore provides materials handling with great flexibility. 

The telehandler also has the ability to move skip bins to any level location on 

the site, which will increase productivity by reducing waste and obstructions. 

b. Luffing Crane – The luffing crane will service the site by lifting materials to 

all levels above ground, including but not limited to: 

i. Reinforcement 

ii. Post Tension Coils 

iii. Rubbish Bins 

iv. Formwork 

v. Scaffold 


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c. Man and Materials Hoist – The installation of a man and materials hoist is 

required to comply with state regulations as the building is above four stories 

high. 

The hoist will have a capacity equal to 2tonne, and internal car dimensions of 

1500mm x 3200mm in order to transport large materials to above-ground 

levels when the crane is being utilised by other critical building elements. 

d. Retractable Loading Platforms – Platforms will be installed at every working 

level and will be utilised to load materials to floors which are enclosed by the 

level above. Once materials land on platforms, pallets jacks will be used to 

transport materials from the landing platforms to relevant areas. 


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5. SITE ACCOMMODATION 

RCC will provide 2 sets of 4 double stacked Royal Wolf Sheds (6x3m), which in total will 

provide 16 sheds. These sheds will be set up to ensure all workers on site have designated 

areas to have their breaks. The large number of sheds will comply with WHS requirements to 

ensure enough space is provided to service the site at the peak of the project when we expect 

to have over 150 workers. 

6. DA APPROVED HOURS OF WORK 

The Development Application hours of work as approved are as follows – 

Monday – Friday – 7am – 6pm 

Saturday – 7:30am – 3:30pm 

These hours will be strictly adhered to by the entire project team including all subcontractors. If any 

works are to be carried out outside of these work hours, RCC will apply to Council for an out of hours 

work permit. 


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LAYOUT DIAGRAMS 

The layout diagrams below, in essence, portray the way in which the site will be established. 

These diagrams will allow all stakeholders, but more importantly, the project delivery team 

including subcontractors understand how the site will operate and function on a day to day 

basis. 

The layout diagrams include information on the items listed below – 

1. Site perimeter fencing and hoardings (refer to diagram 1) 

2. Hoardings and overhead protection (refer to diagram 2) 

3. Luffing crane and jib radius (refer to diagram 4) 

4. Site accommodation and site office (refer to diagram 1) 

5. Rubbish and Material Storage (refer to diagram 1) 

6. Material Hoists (refer to diagram 5) 

7. Site Access (refer to diagram 3) 

LAYOUT DIAGRAM 1 


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6. ANALYSIS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RCC 

CONTRACT PROGRAMME 

ARCHITECHTURAL - Khanh Duc Trinh 

DEFICIENCIES IN RCC PROGRAMME AND PRESCRIBED AND ADDITIONAL SEARCH 

SETS IMPLEMENTED 

For the Architectural and Façade, the RCC contract programme included the following tasks – 

1. Install façade 

2. Internal walls 

3. Hang doors 

4. Hang ceilings 

5. Install floor finishes 

By using search set rules, we were able to differentiate and further breakdown the façade and floor 

finishes. The properties description were detailed enough to enable us to provide the following 

additional tasks 

1. Install curtain walls 

2. Install glass balustrade 

3. Install metal cladding 

4. Install carpet 

5. Install tiles 

With the further breakdown of façade and floor finishes, we have generated additional search sets to 

produce a more detailed programme for Building 2 – UTS Central. It is noted this was not a 

requirement for sequencing the programme, however we believe that this enhances the visualisation 

of the simulation when incorporated with the Appearance Profiler Tool. 


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APPLICATION OF DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC APPEARANCE PROFILES 

As mentioned above, implementing colour schemes will enable the viewers to distinguish between the 

different disciplines. However with Architectural and Façade, we have to be wary of not applying 

colours and levels of transparency that would not clash or is too similar in appearance to the services 

as this would have an opposite effect of impairing the viewer to view the necessary services. The 

colours and transparency levels chosen below is utilised for Architectural and Façade – 

Item SERVICE/DISCIPLINE COLOUR transparency Level 

1. Façade White 85 

2. Door Lavender 75 

3. Carpet Salmon 85 

4. Tiles Turquoise 85 

5. Glazed Walls Light Blue 75 

6. Gyprock Walls Rose 85 

7. Ceiling Olive 65 

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Doors shown in Lavender 

Carpet shown in Salmon 


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Tiles in Turquoise 

Glazed Wall in Light Blue 


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Gyprock Walls in Rose 

Ceiling in Olive 


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STRUCTURAL - Mohamad Mariam 



Within the structural discipline model, we found that there was a deficiency in the RCC program task 

coordination and the model task Search sets. The Search sets where very broad and not well detailed 

with regards to task allocation and construction sequence. Alternatively this was reflected in the RCC 

construction program, where there was insufficient detail to work items and the correct task 

allocation. 

Specific line items from the RCC construction program where not in sync with the search sets. This 

can have a negative result with the use of Navisworks simulation. In some cases we found that a task 

was split into two (2) Search Sets within Navisworks however there was no need to that action as it is 

unrealistic and will only extend the project pour dates that will lead to a stretched out Construction 

Completion. 

For instance the Beams and Slabs where in separate Search Seats, whereas in reality they will be 

simultaneously completed to achieve concrete strength and a more precise working methodology. 

To overcome this issue we have incorporated the two Search sets into one. This resulted into 

delivering an accurate target Construction Program. 


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Specific task items as the pours 1 and 2 where separated into separated tasks and the Beams and Slabs 

combined into one task. 


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Additional Tasks and Search Sets where allocated to levels 17-Roof. These where essentially created 

under one heading and Search Set. This provides a more detail and specific Construction 

Methodology. 


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Appearance profiles allow for a greater clarification of the Naviceworks simulation, as it will identify 

various structural elements from the remaining Project Diciplines. This will improve the visualization 

of other services, the likes of Mechanical, Fire and Electrical services within the Structural frame of 

the building. 

We allocated solid colors to the Structural elements the likes of gray and similar tone. 

In addition the color profiling we added altered transparency levels to various structural elements. 

This will be different depending on the location of the structure and the detail within its core. 


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There was greater transparency to the core and slab more than the columns and stairs as there was 

more services interaction. 


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We integrated different profile appearance to the structural: 

 

 

 

 

 

Slab- P1 + P2 

COLUMS P1 + P2 

CORE 

STAIRS 

UNIVERSAL STEEL BEAMS 


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ILLUSTRATION OF THE SEQUENCE OF WORK PACKAGES THROUGH 

NAVISWORKSThrough the use of Navisworks we can exemplify the procedure of timeliner option 

which allows to us create a simulation illustrating the construction sequence by implementing the use 

of the RCC Construction Program. 

It is an accurate video which illustrates the sequence and duration of the project from beginning to 

end. 

The below screen illustrate the progression of the project Structure in accordance with the dates. 


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MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL – Nicholas Zambounis 



Relative to the Mechanical discipline, the RCC Contract Programme did not have tasks 

associated with Exhaust Air or Mechanical Pipework. It is recommended that these two items 

are added into the programme as separate line items to ensure the correct works sequence is 

executed. 

Also, RCC included „‟Fit off Mech Ceiling Fixtures‟‟ as a line item within their programme, 

however mechanical ceiling fixtures are not separable items within the Navisworks model. It 

is therefore recommended that this item is deleted from the programme as it is useless when 

creating the Navisworks simulation. 

Relative to the Electrical discipline, the RCC Contract Programme is not deficient. The two 

line items in the programme, „‟Install Electrical Equipment‟‟ and „‟Install Cable Tray‟‟ are 

also the only two electrical elements within the Navisworks model, therefore adding 

additional electrical line items to the programme would not be required 


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Mechanical Services shown in BLUE below – 


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Mechanical Services shown in BLUE below – 


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Electrical Services shown in YELLOW below – 


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PLUMBING AND FIRE – Selver Moshe 



For the Plumbing and Fire, the RCC contract programme included the following tasks – 

1. Install fire pipe 

2. Fit off fire services 

3. Hydraulic pressure services 

4. Hydraulic horizontal drainage services 

5. Hydraulic horizontal drainage 

Within the Navisworks model, we were able to further breakdown the fire services as we were able to 

generate further detail with the availability of detailed search sets. Within the fire services model, we 

have further elaborated with the introduction of the below tasks – 

1. Install fire cable trays 

2. Install sprinklers 

With the addition of these two tasks, we have increased the amount of search sets generated within the 

model. This level of detail is required to be added to the program to allow for the full use of the 

current model properties. 


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In order to maintain a line of delineation between the plumbing and fire models, we have 

implemented colour schemes through the appearance profile function within Navisworks. These 

colours have been allocated as per the table below. 

Item SERVICE/DISCIPLINE COLOUR 

6. Hydraulic Pressure Services (Plumbing) Green 

7. Horizontal and Vertical Drainage Services Green 

8. Fire Services Red 

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