Crown Sydney Hotel Resort
Project: Crown Sydney Hotel Resort.
Value: Estimated at $2.4B – Currently under Construction.
Role: Engineering Design Manager including remediation – As part of a dedicated in house delivery team
Image: Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Summary
The project involves the construction of a new 70 storey Integrated Resort comprising 6 Star Hotel / Casino / Apartment /Retail /Restaurants located in Sydney’s Barangaroo South site.
- Commercial contractual negotiation on utilities contracts, construction contracts and project development agreements;
- Approvals and planning with BDA, Sydney City Council, Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA);
- Major plant design, engineering and co-ordination for Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulics, AV, Security, Surveillance, Pools, Building Maintenance Units (BMU’s), Fire and Lifts;
- Co-ordination and negotiation of major infrastructure requirements for site services including connection to site wide utilities provider, district cooling plant, HV Network
and recycled water systems; - Greenstar and NABERS rated building;
- Standby Gensets c/w SCADA and PLC’s;
- New Data Centre (N+1);
- Significant gaming floor which is specifically designed to allow cigarette and cigar smoking throughout.
Challenges
- Unique landmark building;
- High risk, high profile project within Crown;
- Co-ordinating with consultants in Australia, London, Hong Kong and Las Vegas;
- Negotiating with Lendlease on all aspects of the project including the utilities business – Living Utilities;
- Highly politically sensitive site and project.