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11 November 2009
Bovis Lend Lease Named National Master Builder
Bovis Lend Lease has been honoured with three awards at the Master Builders of Australia 2009 National Excellence in Building and Construction Awards including the major award as National Commercial Builder of the Year. The awards were held at Conrad Jupiters on the Gold Coast on Saturday 7 November.
The Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company Project was celebrated for its outstanding design, engineering and construction, while The Gauge commercial building at Victoria Harbour was recognised for its sustainability.
Bovis Lend Lease received the top award for a commercial project, the National Commercial Builder of the Year award, for its work on the Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company project.
The project was recognised by the judges as an iconic addition to Melbourne’s cultural scene that combines innovative construction techniques and building materials to respond to the demands of the building’s form and function. Pioneering project elements include extensive free-formed glass reinforced concrete panels and acoustic hoop pine panelling.
The Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company project was also recognised with the award for Best Commercial Construction over $100 million.
Bovis Lend Lease’s third award for the evening was for The Gauge at Victoria Harbour. The Lend Lease Victorian headquarters won the Boral National Environment and Energy Efficiency Award.
Bovis Lend Lease General Manager – Victoria/South Australia/Tasmania, Mr Geoff Moore, said the awards are a great achievement that represents the pinnacle of recognition in the construction industry.
“Bovis Lend Lease is proud to have received these awards, which are in recognition of our considerable global expertise in delivering technically complex projects across different sectors.
“Incorporating the highest standards in design, construction and sustainability, these projects have already become synonymous with Melbourne, with their successful delivery testament to the collaboration, commitment and skill of all parties involved,’’ Mr Moore said.
For media contact:
James Lopez
Bovis Lend Lease
(02) 9236 6136
Editors Notes
Bovis Lend Lease commenced construction of the Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company Project in Southbank in July 2006. It was completed and opened for business in February 2009.
The Melbourne Recital Centre is the new state of the art home for performing and recording Australian chamber music. It comprises two magnificent performance spaces, the 1,000-seat Elisabeth Murdoch Hall and a more intimate 150-seat Salon. The new 500-seat Sumner Theatre is the new home of the Melbourne Theatre Company. Its bold and dynamic design reflects the culture and vision of the company.
Completed in April 2008 and located at 825 Bourke Street in Victoria Harbour, in Melbourne’s Docklands precinct, The Gauge is a 6-storey commercial development comprising 10,362 mē NLA. It is the first building in Australia to achieve a 6 Star Green Star Office As Built Rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
The Gauge was funded and is owned by the Lend Lease-managed Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial. It was developed by Lend Lease Development, with project and construction management by Bovis Lend Lease. Designed and documented by Lend Lease design, the architecture, structural design, sustainability and engineering services for the project were provided under the Lend Lease integrated delivery model.
Bovis Lend Lease
Bovis Lend Lease is one of the world’s leading project management, design and construction companies operating in more than 30 countries worldwide and employing over 7,500 employees. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lend Lease Corporation, which is a leading fully integrated property solutions provider established in 1958 and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:LLC).
In Australia, Bovis Lend Lease employs nearly 1,600 people, with headquarters in Sydney and offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth.
Offering a variety of services across the breadth of the design and construction project delivery process, Bovis Lend Lease has a specialist focus on the commercial, retail, healthcare, education, water and infrastructure sectors as well as multi-site capital works programs. Bovis Lend Lease also provides design expertise through its in-house specialists, Lend Lease design, and consulting services for government and infrastructure clients on project management and program delivery.
Bovis Lend Lease was named the largest commercial and community construction company in Australia in the 2008/09 HIA-AI Group-Reed Construction Data Construction 100 report, having secured nearly $4.4 billion worth of projects over the year.media
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