The extension to the Residential Aged Care facility at the Adventist Retirement Village at Victoria Point is a two stage development.

The design for the new building has evolved from a thorough analysis of the site, the existing buildings and infrastructure. The client’s current and future operations and service delivery requirements were a key component of  the planning for the development.

Stage1 of the redevelopment involved a three level building which includes undercover car parking, a new kitchen, administration area, cafe and 38 residential aged care beds. It also involved refurbishment of part of the existing facility to create a new administration area, chapel and café. The new extension and refurbished area resulted in a seamless integration with the existing facility. Stage 2 involved demolition of a redundant high care building and construction of an additional 52 aged care beds.

The project also involved both re-arrangement & additional internal access roads to re-locate existing car parks to make way for the new extension as well as provide adequate access to the new loading dock & back of house area.

A storm water modeling exercise was acarried out to ensure storm water detention & treatment requirements for the new works satisfied Council’s requirements.

Careful planning was required to ensure existing facilities remained operational at all times which required staged construction & demolition so that residents could be relocated to the new section prior to any demolition.