Master Builder of the Year | National 2016, 2019 | Victoria 2016, 2017, 2019
PROJECTS | Victoria

Growth Area Schools Project

Sector

Schools

Value

$207M

Client

Department of Education and Training

Consultants

Donald Cant Watts Corke
Architectus
K2LD
Irwinconsult

Awards

2019 Victorian School Design Awards Minister's Award | K2LD and Architectus

In late 2017, Kane Constructions was awarded the $207 million Design and Construct contract to deliver ten new schools located in the growth areas of Melbourne. Each school ranging in value from $15m - $36 million.

Two of the schools, Point Cook and Keysborough were vertical schools and the remaining eight schools were single-level, including Performing Arts and Physical Education (PAPE) buildings. The scope comprised of both primary and secondary schools and included gymnasiums, administration facilities, landscaping, and outdoor play areas.

Kane engaged the consultant team and undertook the design of the ten new schools, which were completed over approximately eight months. Kane and the project architects shared a project office to enable team collaboration and achieve fast-tracking of the design process. The design documentation and building permits were staged to enable the works to be procured and constructed on-site in unison with the design as it progressed.

The first six schools were delivered for the 2019 school year and the balance was delivered in 2020.

  • Aitken Hill Primary School - Craigieburn
  • Burnside Primary School - Burnside
  • Ashley Park Primary School - Doreen
  • Saltwater P-9 College - Point Cook
  • Doherty's Creek Primary School - Truganina
  • Pakenham Primary School - Pakenham
  • Oberon High School - Belmont, Geelong
  • Keysborough Gardens Primary School - Keysborough
  • Homestead Senior Secondary College - Point Cook
  • Mirripoa Primary School - Armstrong Creek