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Project List

Project List

 

The team at Design Guide has been providing quality building surveying consultancy since 1994, and are now at the leading edge of building surveying consultancy in Victoria.  Design Guide has experience in high rise, large commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, health care, education, secure facilities and many other types of projects for private and government clients.

 

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Commercial / Office

Design Guide has extensive experience in major commercial redevelopments, and fitouts of large and small tenancies in  low & high rise buildings including:

 

    • FlindersGate, 172 Flinders Street, Melbourne; $80M (Redevelopment of existing building with 10 new levels of office, retail & atrium)

     

    • 549 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, $13M (Base building refurbishment & major tenant ‘Spotless’ fitout)

     

    • 90 Collins Street, Melbourne, $12M (Base building refurbishment & tenancy fitouts)

     

    • 636 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, $9.8M (Base building refurbishment & tenancy fitouts)

     

    • 814 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, $8.4M (Office building refurbishment)

     

    • NAB Corporate Centre, 500 Bourke Street, Melbourne (3 levels); $10.8M

     

    • Rio Tinto, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne (3 levels); $8.1M

     

    • Treasury Wine Estates, 58 Queensbridge Street, Southbank (2 levels); $4.8M

     

    • Griffith Hack & VMIA, 161 Collins Street, Melbourne (5 levels); $4.1M

     

    • Victorian Teachers Mutual Bank (4 levels); $3.6M

     

    • Fleet Partners, 40 River Boulevard, Richmond; $3.6M

     

    • KBR, 15 William Street, Melbourne (3 levels); $3.4M

     

    • Kraft, 30 Convention Place, Southbank (5 levels); $2.9M

     

    • Serviceworks, 457 St Kilda Road, Melbourne (5 levels); $2.5M

     

    • United Energy, 6 Nexus Court, Mulgrave (2 levels); $2.0M

     

    • ANZ & National Banks – numerous branch & office fitouts

     

    • Ministerial & Parliamentary Services (MPS) –  20+ electorate office fitouts

Retail / Hospitality

Design Guide has extensive experience in retail tenancy fitouts at all major Shopping Centres including Chadstone, Westfield Doncaster, Westfield Airport West, Highpoint, Melbourne Central, QV, Northland, Eastland, Southland, Werribee Plaza, Jam Factory, Centrepoint & Southgate.

 

    • Centrepoint Redevelopment – Bourke Street Mall

     

    • Rainbow restaurant & karaoke bar – 206 Bourke St, Melbourne; $5.6M

     

    • Duke of Wellington Hotel – Flinders Street, Melbourne; $5.2M

     

    • Thomas Jewellers – Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne & Malop Street, Geelong; $3.0M

     

    • Hollister, Westfield Doncaster; $2.0M

     

    • Coles, Forest Hill Shopping Centre; $1.0M

     

    • Crust Pizza – 20+ store fitouts

     

    • HBA Retail Outlets

     

    • Australia Post Branches & Retail Outlets

     

    • Cafenatics Melbourne CBD Cafes

     

    • Code Black Coffee Roaster & Café – Brunswick

Education

Design Guide is pre-registered on the Department of Infrastructure Construction Supply Register and has completed many successful projects for government departments, including many for the Department of Education and Training.

 

State

 

    • Point Cook South East School & Childrens Centre, $20M – New Prep to Year 9 school, child care centre and community centre

     

    • Ballarat High School, Performing Arts Centre, $2.7M – Theatre & classroom extension

     

    • Miners Rest Primary School, $2.3M – New Teaching Building, Multi-Purpose Facility & Staff / Administration Upgrade

     

    • Delacombe Primary School, $1.4M – New classroom building

     

    • Albion North Primary School, $1.2M – New multi-purpose hall and classroom building

     

    • Sunbury Heights Primary School, $1.0M – New classroom extension

     

    • IT Pod works to 29 Various State Schools, $2.65M

 

Private

 

    • Yarra Valley Grammar, $9.4M – New Science & Mathematics building

     

    • Ballarat Grammar School, $9M – New Performing Arts Centre

     

    • Ballarat Grammar School, $7M – New 2 storey VCE Centre building

     

    • Islamic College of Melbourne, $8M – New 2 storey education facility

     

    • Melbourne Girls Grammar School, $6.7M – 3 storey addition & refurb to existing school

     

    • Yeshiva College, $6M – Chabad Youth Learning Centre

     

    • Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, $6.5M – New 3 storey ‘Science & Technology’ building

     

    • Firbank Grammar School, $5.8M – Alterations & additions to existing 2 storey VCE centre

     

    • Ballarat Grammar Early Learning & Child Care Centre, $3.9M – 2 storey early child care centre

     

    • Yarra Valley Grammar School, $2.8M – New 2 storey upper primary school building

 

Technical / TAFE

 

    • Australian Technical College Sunshine, $6.9M – New technical trade training facility

     

    • WAN Education Building of the Year 2009

     

    • Kangan Batman TAFE, Fashion Industry Training Centre, Richmond, $3M- New 2 storey education facility for Kangan Batman TAFE

 

University

 

    • University of Ballarat, $8.1M – New Building Construction & Training Centre

     

    • The University of Melbourne, 111 Barry St, Carlton; $7.6M

     

    • FBE & MGSE Library Fitout

     

    • Monash University Victorian College of Pharmacy, Parkville; $6.5M (Fitout for research and teaching laboratories)

     

    • Monash University Law, 555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne; $4.5M (Office & Auditorium Fitout)

     

    • The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, $4.1M

     

    • Melbourne School of Land & Environment (MSLE) fitout

     

    • The University of Melbourne, Creswick Campus, $1.4M (New community recreation centre)

     

    • The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, $1.45M (Law School Fitout)

 

Public Buildings/ Performing Arts Centres / Libraries

    • Ballarat Grammar School, $9M – Wendouree Performing Arts Centre

     

    • Altona North Library & Community Centre, $5M – New library & multi-purpose community centre

     

    • Ballarat High School, $2.7M – Performing Arts Building

     

    • Yarra Valley Golf Club, Churnside Park; $16M (New golf clubhouse building)

     

    • Wandong Sports Stadium; $2.2M (New Sports Stadium)

     

    • Heidelberg Golf Club, Lower Plenty; $2.1M (Refurbishment of an existing heritage building into the new clubhouse, with function rooms, bar, lounge, restaurant and pro-shop)

     

    • Riverside Golf & Tennis Centre, Ascot Vale; $0.8M (Refurbishment of existing clubhouse and new function room extension)

     

    • Jetts Fitness (Various gym fitouts across Victoria)

     

    • Werribee Open Range Zoo, $1.2M – New Vet Hospital

     

    • Werribee Open Range Zoo, $1.45M – New Safari Station

     

    • Werribee Open Range Zoo, $3.4M – New Restaurant & Retail Building

     

    • Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre, $34M – New 45 bed secure residential facility

     

    • Ararat Prison, $12.4M – New residential facility, administration & recreation buildings

     

    • Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, Deer Park $6.6M – Alterations and additions to 7 buildings, and construction of 2 new buildings

     

    • Victoria Police – Frankston, Cranbourne, Narre Warren, Pakenham, Keilor Downs, Sunshine, Malvern & St Kilda Police Station Refurbishments

     

    • The Valley Private Hospital; $20M – Stages 1 & 2 Redevelopment (Refurbishment and 2 level expansion and addition to existing private hospital)

     

    • Brunswick Private Hospital, $5.3M – Stage 2 Redevelopment (Refurbishment and new ward to existing private hospital)

     

    • Victorian Respiratory Support Service Residential Care Facility, $4.3M (New 20 bed Class 9a specialist residential care building)

     

    • Springvale Day Hospital & Community Health Centre (Addition & Refurbishment)

     

    • Benalla & District Hospital new operating theatres

     

    • South West Christian Church, Hoppers Crossing; $5.3M (Redevelopment and extension to existing worship hall)

     

    • Brunswick Uniting Church, $1.1M (Alterations & additions to existing church)

Industrial

    • Regional Kitchen Project, Altona; $8.1M

     

    • Joint initiative between 14 regional and metropolitan councils, including Hume, Brimbank, Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay for new food manufacturing facility

     

    • Laurent Bakery Braeside, $4.5M – Change of use from warehouse to bakery facility

     

    • Colorpak, Braeside; $1.9M – Office / warehouse building extension

     

    • Discovery Road, Dandenong South; $3.5M – New office / warehouse building

     

    • Produce Drive, Dandenong South; $1.8M – New office / warehouse building

     

    • Rocklea Drive, Port Melbourne; $1.5M – 3 x new office / warehouse buildings

Nursing Home and Aged Care

    • City of Glen Eira Warrawee Aged Care Facility, $7.9 million (New 60 bed aged care facility with admin wing)

     

    • Salvation Army Inala Hostel, $4.5 million- New 99 bed hostel

Residential

    • Elm Towers, Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; $16 million – New 20 storey residential apartment, car park & retail building

     

    • Unilodge, Earl Street, Carlton; $8million- New 8 level residential student apartment building

     

    • Wallace Ave Toorak, $5million – New residential apartment building & basement car park

     

    • Trawalla Ave Toorak, $4million – New residential apartment building & basement car park

Local & State Government

    • Hobsons Bay, Altona North Library & Community Centre; $3.5 million

     

    • Hobsons Bay, Altona Meadows Library & Community Centre; $4 million

     

    • Department of Sustainability & Environment, Bairnsdale, $5 million, Refurbishment of existing offices, and new offices and laboratory

     

    • Victorian Government Reporting Service & Office of the Public Prosecutor, Ground & Levels 1, 2, 3, 565 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; $3.5 million

     

    • Department of Victorian Communities, 1 Spring Street, Melbourne; $2.5 million – 7 level office fitout

     

    • Department of Human Services, Bendigo Consolidation project, $3.1 million – Office fit out and refurbishment , ground, Levels 1, 2, 3