Our Quasar team participated in a friendly mini-golf tournament with pizza and drinks. It was a great night spent eating, talking, and going through a labyrinth of unique themed holes such as pinball machines, Luna Park, Santa Christmas, and Rock and Roll. It was refreshing to take a break from our day-to-day work schedule to participate in team-bonding activities. The winners that were crowned “Pro-Golfers” were Daisy Bryant, Serge Younan, and Prasanna Jeyanathan.
Quasar’s staff attended a fun industry trivia night with Women in Design and Construction (WIDAC) themed; Human Centred Design. This interactive night with team challenges and inspiring industry speakers Angela Ferguson, Dr. Tara Kazi & Letesha Goble explored how environments and workplaces affect our health and ways to improve our ability to interact and perform.
Some facts that we learnt were:
1. A holistic approach to design and construction is required, where research and understanding of human factors ensure designs are fit for purpose for end-users of all types and abilities.
2. On average, people spend 83% of their time indoors and a well-designed interior can mould a person’s experience. For example, blue is a popular choice in corporate interiors as it is promotes feelings of confidence, loyalty, and trust.
3. The ongoing work towards mental health awareness and suicide prevention is essential to ensure the drastic rates of suicide in the construction industry are reduced.
Thank you WIDAC and Schiavello for hosting such a wonderful event!
Catherine Nguyen, Nidhi Kontham and Daisy Bryant
A ceremonial SOD Turning ceremony last week marked the start of this 4,000m2 retail project at Chatswood East. Located at 17 Smith Street, this project will include a Woolworths Supermarket, Click and Collect services, BWS and additional specialty stores. Quasar is thrilled to have been appointed as the Head Contractor for our valued client Woolworths Group, and we are glad to be working alongside architects BN Group. This development provides the growing Chatswood community with a functional, modern and unique retail precinct.
Special guests who attended the ceremony were Paul Fletcher – Federal Member of Bradfield, Gail Giles-Gidney, Major of Willoughby, Andrew Loveday – Woolworths General Manager Property Development, Ralph Kemmler – Director of Property Woolworths and Michelle Chiu – Development Manager for Woolworths.
Photographer: Dallas Kilponen/Woolworths & Catherine Nguyen/Quasar
This five-storey building at St Patrick’s College Sutherland is receiving its final touches before its completion in June/July of this year. This new construction showcases St Patrick’s College’s commitment to academic excellence, the arts and next generation of teaching and learning as it houses a range of learning spaces for hospitality, food technology and general learning. The façade is clad with blue and white elliptical aluminium fins that are in the school’s colours of blue and white which represent integrity and their commitment to supporting student passion.
This project has a statement glass façade glazing of the Celtic Cross, as seen in the image, that is now complete with scaffold dismantling ready for the next stage, along with the lifts, external paving works on the basement driveway and landscaping to enhance the modern and spacious location.
Quasar is delighted to be collaborating with Sydney Catholic School and Cadence Australia on this dynamic educational school.
The construction of the new Bunnings Pymble store at 950 Pacific Highway is on track with the concrete pour and formwork of the two-level car park now complete. The following stages that will commence shortly include the painting and services installation of the car parks and the remaining concrete pours for the two retail levels and mezzanine office above the 4th level.
Quasar is excited to see the progression of this Bunnings retail store that is due to be completed a the end of 2021. Take a look at these incredible drone photos overlooking this new retail space and Sydney’s iconic skyline.
Quasar presented the MBA Awards for the Best New Retail Project (over $20m) and Excellence in Energy Efficiency Award to Frasers Property and i2C Architects for Eastern Creek Quarter Shopping Centre. It was a delightful afternoon of scintillating conversation and reflected on our journey from design to construction as we overlooked 360-degree views of Sydney’s CBD. Quasar would like to thank everyone involved in these achievements and convey a big congratulations to the project teams.
Quasar is pleased to have successfully completed the new industrial boat storage facility for our valued client, National Storage. This undercover 8,261sqm storage centre has an extensive range of vehicle storage with 220 bays for boat and trailer combinations. This specialist storage solution consists of two facilities, an outdoor storage yard and an enclosed storage building as well as two crossover vehicular access for the quick and convenient access to the boats.
Quasar ensured that the construction of this storage facility will prolong the condition of the boats through an extensive racking system. This complex and detail-oriented project will provide boat enthusiasts improved storage, security and access to their vehicles.
Every year, over 150 Australians in the Construction Industry lose their life to suicide. Mates in Construction is an industry-based charity which arrived at our Bunnings Pymble site last Thursday to bring awareness to this important issue. Quasar’s site team and the MATES field staff organised a presentation on mental health awareness and suicide prevention as well as connecting workers to an ongoing support network. Quasar is committed to the mental health and wellbeing of all our employees, customers, and subcontractors.
Thank you to the Formscaff team for cooking the delicious charcoal Lebanese BBQ feast at our Bunnings Pymble site!
Quasar has begun our first concrete pour with 200m3 of concrete for the ground floor slab of Building 1 at St Gabriel’s School, Castle Hill. With added complexity of working within a live educational facility, effective planning and coordination was required to ensure the more than 40 concrete trucks were managed safely and efficiently by the Quasar suite Team.
Quasar has been appointed by Midson Group to develop additional learning spaces for the students and staff at St Gabriel’s School. This independent and coeducational Catholic school delivers special education from Kindergarten to Year 12 and we are excited to see the development of this project!
St Gabriel’s School is an independent, co-educational, Catholic school that has a proud history of delivering special education to students with disabilities. Quasar is excited to develop additional learning spaces for the school’s growing community. To celebrate this milestone, Quasar attended the project’s Ground-breaking ceremony, which was hosted by Mr Jon Franzin, Principal of St Gabriel’s School. Additional guests in attendance included Dr Michelle Bryne, Mayor of the Hills Sydney Garden Shire, and The Hon. David Elliot, Member for Baulkham Hills.
Despite the challenges of the 2020 NSW Bushfires and a global pandemic , the new single level neighbourhood Shopping Centre with 6 tenancies including a Woolworths Supermarket, was completed by Quasar on time and on budget.
The approximately 4000sqm Centre has an impressive 4-star Green Star Environmental rating with sustainability features include solar panels and rainwater detention tanks. The design also incorporates a modern approach to shopping, including Woolworth’s Direct-To-Boot parking bays.
This fresh food precinct will allow Bomaderry locals to shop conveniently with the options of specialty stores all under one roof.
Image credit: Stuart Thomson
Ease into February with the Bunnings Kembla Grange project that Quasar completed last year. Situated in the picturesque location between Lake Illawarra and Mount Kembla, the former television studio was transformed into this 30,000sqm mega-retail space for Bunnings. Fitted with extensive solar panelling, this project was delivered under a design and construct procurement methodology by Quasar for our valued client, Bunnings.
