Fremantle Dockers New headquarters Cockburn

Work has begun on the new $109 million sporting complex which will serve as Fremantle Dockers' new headquarters in the southern Perth suburb of Cockburn.

Beginning a two-year transformation of the location with construction of the Cockburn Aquatic and Recreation Facility. The centre will open in April 2018.

Fremantle Dockers chief executive Steve Rosich said he believed the complex would provide an ideal base for the AFL club.

"In scope and scale it's significant... it's around five to six times the size of the site at Fremantle Oval," Mr Rosich said.

"It's around $109 million project, and that's around about three-and-a-half times the scope and scale of the next biggest project in the AFL."

Apart from housing the Dockers' administration and training facilities, the centre will provide sport and recreational facilities for the local community.

It will feature a community indoor sports hall, health club and gym, outdoor pools and water slides.

Skyward have been awarded the Dockers Stadium which includes a large portion of Kingspan Insulated Roofing Panels and Box guttering systems. This project is over 15,000m2 of roofing coverage and Skyward are already enjoying this building challenge down at Cockburn.

Hopefully Skyward can inspire the Dockers to win their first flag, now with their very own, state of the art roofing system, that will keep them cool in summer and warm in winter.

Hitachi

Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCA) are building a new state-of-the-art facility in Forrestdale Perth, Western Australia – the most significant investment in key infrastructure to-date, and part of a number of other key investments across Australia, which is nearing completion.

Buildings will include a mining assembly facility for both mining trucks and mining excavators, a re-manufacturing workshop, a purpose-built paint booth, wash bay area, caustic wash and soda blast station. It will also be home to a parts distribution centre, a branch building with comprehensive machine workshop, as well as a dedicated training facility.

“Hitachi is a household name and a major supplier to the State’s mining industry including Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group and BHP, manufacturing equipment such as dump trucks, dozers, excavators and harvesters,”

Skyward was selected preferred sub-contractor to perform all works to this project, which has been a successful project to date. Over 38,000m2 in total of roof, wall & soffit cladding. With around 1100m2 of insulated wall cladding including a very large roof safety system.

International Airport T1 Expansion:

Since the end of 2012 the Perth International Airport has been undergoing over $700m worth of renovations, with the intention of making one of Australia’s least loved airports an airport of an international standard. Skyward were awarded the roofing and roof plumbing package to the Terminal 1 Expansion, which had work constantly flowing for over 12 months. This was one of the most complicated roofing systems that exists and it’s build up is the first of its kind within Western Australia.

Through working closely with the client and inputting our expertise in multiple design gaps we have been able to install over 14,000m2 of this roofing system, allowing for other trades to continue progress on this extremely tightly scheduled project.

Fiona Stanley

The Fiona Stanley Hospital is a new state government hospital and teaching facility in Murdoch, Western Australia. To date the hospital is the largest building project ever undertaken by the Western Australian Government. Skyward were given the opportunity to work on multiple areas of this project installing a broad range of materials and services; including roofing and roof plumbing systems, Alucobond Facades and the permanent safety system to the roof.

Through pushing through tight programmes and coordinating with other trades Skyward were able to be a part of the joint effort to ensure this project was handed over to open on schedule.

St John of God Hospital Redevelopment – Murdoch

Since 2012 St John of God Hospital in Murdoch has been undergoing large scale redevelopments. Skyward was engaged to install the roofing and roof plumbing systems to the new South Wing and Cancer Centre. Skyward also did the works to the refurbishment of the DPU building, which included both Colorbond roofing and tiled roofing.

Works to this area had to be completed with high attention to detail as there was a running hospital below the areas of work. Due to careful planning and working together with the client we were able to complete these works without any problems.

Perkins South Building for the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR)

The Perkins South building is located on the Fiona Stanley Hospital Campus at Murdoch. The Centre will be designed to translate the latest research discoveries into clinical practice. Skyward were entrusted with the opportunity to provide the roofing and roof plumbing items to this important research centre.

Once again we were able to showcase our expertise in all aspects of roofing, and were given the permanent safety system works as well, which was installed by our own team.

Crown Perth Refurbishment

The Crown Perth (previously known Burswood Entertainment Complex) over through $750 million worth of renovations and refurbishment before it officially changed its name to ensure it was of the same level of prestige as its sister complex in Melbourne.

Skyward were given the opportunity to supply and install the entire roofing and roof plumbing system to this project. Working with a tight programme, and closely with the client who had to ensure everything involved was done to the highest standard Skyward were able to hand over there works on time without any issues.

Skyward were proud to be a member of the joint effort that won the complex the “Best Hotel Renovation” award at the International Hotel Awards in 2013.

Rockingham Challenger TAFE

The Rockingham Challenger TAFE underwent renovation to allow for its new Building Technology’s Centre, which provides pre-apprentice and apprentice training to over 700 students with state-of-the-art facility equipped with workshops, specialised learning rooms and computer-based training rooms. Skyward were proudly awarded the roofing, roof plumbing, external specialised coolmax / metallic cladding and stainless steel items to this project. Despite multiple issues with the structural steel Skyward were able to work through all issues that arose on this project and handover a product of the highest standard.

Sims Metals

Sims Metal Management is the world’s leading metals and electronics recycler. They are global leaders in the secure and sustainable management of resources for industry, organisations and the public-at-large.

Sims are under-going large scale redevelopments with stage 1 complete & now stage 2 being added to their home address in Kwinana.

Skyward has been engaged to install around 9000m2 of roof and wall cladding to this next stage, with special Ultra spec material.