Crown Castle Fit Out

Project Description

Crown Castle was moving from their existing head office to St Leonards and would take over 4 levels and the basement.

This project included the removal of all existing services for these 4 levels and decommissioning of existing electrical infrastructure throughout the building.

The construction of a new end of trip facility and basement storage area, server rooms for the companies IT infrastructure, 4 new levels of offices, meeting rooms, staff areas and kitchens took Place.

Kerfoot was contracted for the installation of all electrical services including a completed new power distribution system including UPS back up,  new Cat 6A cabling solution and server room service, Lighting and energy efficient control system and metering upgrades

Project Accolades

The project was made a little more complicated by one of the existing tenancy’s having a server that could not lose power at any time as it supported many overseas offices.

The project team at Kerfoot worked with Crown Castle, The head contractor and this existing tenancy to completely upgrade the rising mains for the building with no disruption to this server.

This large scale installation was completed on time and the server rooms was even handed over early allowing the client to relocated and set up their infrastructure prior to their big move saving a lot of un wanted down time.

Garrison Church Lighting Upgrade

Project Description

The well-known Garrison Church has a classic 19th century Sydney church interior. Both the exterior and interior of the church are listed on the NSW State Heritage Register. The church is also a major tourist attraction in the historic Rocks area.

Kerfoot Projects was contracted to install new lighting to the heritage ceiling that would help highlight the features of this amazing building.

The project would include the relocation of all seating and the use of scaffolding and lifting equipment to remove and dismantle the old lighting and install new track lighting and a complex lighting control system to integrate with the existing audio and visual installation. As the church is a popular tourist attraction much of the work was completed after hours to avoid disruption to the community.

 

Project Accolades

The lighting installation did not impact on any of the heritage items within the church and has given the church a great new look.

The large scale relocation of seating along with the high level installation was a challenge but for the Kerfoot team completed the installation on time and with no safety incidents for the team involved.

Kerfoot is still working closely with the church on more of its lighting installations.

 

Vivid 2014 – ‘Heaven’s Cloth’ Installation

Project Description:
Kerfoot was asked by ARUP to assist in delivering the Vivid Lighting display ‘Heavens Cloth’ at the 2014 Vivid festival.

Heaven’s Cloth was a challenging installation piece suspended across a narrow heritage-listed alleyway from 23 May to 9 June 2014. The piece consisted of an active and porous ceiling that displayed projected light. Drawn from multiple sources, the light refracted through the translucent rings of the canopy, sparkling down upon the viewer.

A multi-disciplinary artistic installation involved the viewer in a collaborative visual and aural experience.

Nepean Private Hospital Catheter Laboratory

Project Description

This project consists of a new extension to the existing Nepean Private Hospital. The works include a cath theatre, new staff lounge, new staff room, new store room, new recovery bay and new offices. Also a new plantroom for all mechanical services.

Kerfoot was contracted to undertake the desin, supply & installation of a new 90KVA UPS to feed the new Cath Lab and Controls rooms critical services. New essential power and non-essential power distribution for electrical and mechanical system, a lighitng control system including independent UPS’s for the surgical lights. All medical panels, outlets, simplex clock system and bio medical engineering.

Project Accolades

As the new extension was still a part of the existing hospital it was imperative that all critical services to the existing hospital theatres and recovery wards be maintained throughout the 6 month construction programme.

Kerfoot project team worked closely with the construction team and the hospital to make sure the project finished on time and without any disruptions.

This project was a huge success and Kerfoot is still working closely with the client on a week to week basis maintaining their electrical services

Vivid 2013 – ‘Ricochet’ Installation

Project Description:
In 2013 Kerfoot was asked to deliver the Vivid Lighting display ‘Ricochet’ at the Sydney festival.

A challenging and exciting project, there where lasers, a smoke machine, computers, motion detectors, mirrors and speakers which were all integrated together to produce a truly stunning art installation.

All equipment had to be mounted on custom framing to ensure the install abided by the heritage guidelines.

St Joseph’s College Refurbishment Works Stage 1-3

Project Description:

In early 2013 Kerfoot projects was involved in stage 1 of the St Joseph’s College Refurbishment works.

This project consisted of the complete refurbishment of levels 2 & 3 in the more than 100 year old main building on campus.

The scope included 165 bedrooms, 9 bathroom/shower blocks, the creation of 4 new locker rooms, 9 new group study areas, 6 new supervisors’ apartments, 5 new laundries and the upgrade and refurbishment to common areas

Kerfoot was awarded this project as a complete design and construct and our scope included Power distribution, communications infrastructure, lighting and intelligent lighting control as well as audio visual and security works.

The Project had a strict time line to be meet, the team worked tirelessly with all stake holders to ensure all the clients requirements were meet.

With the Success of stage 1 Kerfoot Projects was again engaged for the design and construct of stage 2 in 2014-2015.

These works were to be completed within the same time line as the previous year and included the complete refurbishment of the year 12 doom rooms and a portion of the staff offices as well as a major power and communications upgrade for the main building.  Utilising the same team as the previous year the Kerfoot Design and installation team had great success in completing the project within the client’s budget and on time.

Stage 3 of the project was to take place in 2015-2016 and would include new staffing areas, common rooms and the refurbishment of bathrooms, kitchens and student dining halls with the last of the old electrical infrastructure to be remove and consolidated. This also included the refurbishment of the head masters office and meeting rooms.

Lighting integrated with joinery was used to maintain the integrity of the heritage ceiling and also highlight its features, and the team at Kerfoot also utilised existing heritage lighting to keep the historic feel of the corridors.

Kerfoot, the head contractor and the client have formed a great relationship over the past 3 years and project and in the eyes of Kerfoot senior management these projects have been a great success

Project Accolade:

The main challenge faced at St Joseph’s College (apart from the specific time frame for works spanning the Christmas break & public holidays) was the fact the Main building is heritage listed – which creates some unique challenges.

With walls typically 18inches of solid sandstone & being more than 100years old, the fixing of cabling and distribution boards needed careful planning. The process of penetrating these walls required extreme care and patience.

The lighting design incorporated a great mix of existing heritage feel and modern energy efficient lighting and control.

The installation of new cabling involved routes through voids and pathways that hadn’t seen the light of day for decades and created a rewarding sense of achievement for us, on what initially seemed an almost impossible task.

The Kerfoot team again worked tirelessly to ensure the school was handed over on time and with full co-operation and assistance to other trades and complete satisfaction to the builder and client.

 

 

St Vincents Hospital – Operating Suites Refurbishment

Project Description

As part of St Vincent’s Private Hospital Health Services’ teaching and research plan, the existing operating suites on level 5 required a significant upgrade.The refurbishment works included the adaptive reuse of operating theatres 1 to 4, along with their adjoining anaesthetic bays and set up rooms.

Kerfoot worked with the hospital and construction team to undertake a full main switchboard upgrade as well as complete the stage upgrade of the theatre’s complex electrical distribution systems.

Project Accolade

The biggest achievement of this project was the successful completion within the project time line of merely 5 weeks,  The project was handed over defect free with an extremely happy client and user group.

The upgrade of a main switch board in an area of the hospital such as the theatres was a huge achievement demonstration the ability of the Kerfoot project team.

Fitness First Bond Street

Project Description

The recent rebranding of Fitness First Bond Street Sydney CBD included the refurbishment of its existing facilities along with the addition of a new level for high intensity workouts and weight lifting.

Kerfoot was engaged to undertake the electrical services work throughout.

The works included a new reception and sign up area, refurbishment of the toilet and shower facilities, new cycle studios as well as group exercise studios. The most impressive addition to this gym was the new basement workout area; this included the design, supply and installation of half a kilometre of suspended LED extrusion.

Project Accolade

The biggest achievement on this project was the successful & seamless installation of the lighting system throughout the gym, ensuring no disruption’s to clients or staff as the gym could not close while the project was under way.

The Kerfoot team worked dual shifts to ensure the gym stayed fully operational. This exceptional teamwork ensured the project finished within the program and the end result was an outstanding success for the client and a great effort by all involved.

Vivid 2015 – ‘Light Origami’ Installation

Project Description

Kerfoot was asked by ARUP to assist in delivering the Vivid lighting display ‘Light Origami’ at this years Vivid festival.

Light Origami invited viewers to explore the nature of reality by entering a giant 3D kaleidoscope. The domed structure is bathed in light and was constructed using over 320 origami shapes made from aluminium composite panels. Changing spectrums of light were projected within the space, and when mirrored against the aluminium  composite panels, the effect is like being inside a kaleidoscope.

Project Accolade

The delivery of this display presented many difficulties – short time frames, limited electrical connections and weather. Kerfoot worked closely with the team at ARUP, AMP, Light Projects and Masakazu Shirane the creator of ‘Light Origami’ to deliver an amazing display that had all of Sydney excited to get inside.

Northern Beaches Christian School – SCIL Building

Project Description:

Kerfoot was contracted for the supply & installation of electrical services & power distribution to the new combined building for the School Administration & Sydney Centre for Innovation in learning team.

This building required quality lighting of work spaces while adhering to being completely energy efficient.

All electrical installation was required to be fully integrated to existing buildings systems.

Kerfoot installed photo-voltaic cells and a natural ventilation system throughout the building & integrated with the mechanical and lighting control system was effectively used to achieve this.

A state of the art NHP power monitoring system was installed.

Construction was undertaken while school was still in operation & there was to be no disruption to the staff & students daily activities.

Project Accolade:

The lighting designers concept was successfully achieved due to the hard work and quality workmanship from the Kerfoot team.

The successful completion of this project has led to more works for both the head contractor and the client also the success of our apprentices having training in specific fields that they previously hadn’t had the opportunity to.

In summary the completion of this project has enabled Kerfoot to expand taking on more apprentices and larger projects.