123 Scott Street

MPC provided structural design services for this eight-storey building which involved designing for mine subsidence and earthquake principles along with difficult site constraints due to adjoining historical buildings. Maintaining the existing façade was of primary importance to the development team. This was achieved through maintaining portions of the existing structure whilst constructing the new concrete framed building .The design incorporated a reinforced concrete framed structure, post tension designed slabs and beams and the design of a precast cladding system for external cladding. Construction of foundations was complicated by the initially unknown existence of convict mine workings. These workings were discovered after grouting of pile excavations disappeared in several locations. MPC in conjunction with Douglas Partners geotechnical engineers, were successfully able to re-design building foundation systems as required to enable construction of the development to continue.