The Sunshine Coast Council is continuing to cement its position as one of the most sustainable and innovative regions by unveiling Australia’s first high-tech underground automated waste collection system for a CBD.
Lucid, Hames Sharley and WGA were engaged by the Sunshine City Council to deliver a D&C package for this project that the builder Kane Constructions ultimately delivered. Basically, it is a big box waste facility but the idea was to break down the industrial look. Materials such as the batons, glass and ribbed nature of the ARCPANEL roofing system all played a part in the facility not looking like an industrial building.
The building is the first waste facility in the Southern Hemisphere to use a pneumatic vacuum system, transporting waste from a series of public realms located throughout Maroochydore, eliminating the need for waste trucks.
“The materials were carefully picked for hygiene. The roof removed the need for multiple layers and still achieved the acoustic and thermal properties we required,” Hames Sharley associate Andy Ong said.
Three factors drove the choice of the Arcpanel system for the roofing component of the build:
- Ease of construction
- Aesthetic match for the project
- Acoustic, thermal and hygiene properties
Project details
Project: AWCS – Automatic Waste Collection Station
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
Project Size: 860m²
Architect: Hames Sharley
Builder: Kane Constructions
Engineer: Lucid (Services), WGA (Structural/ Civils)
Product: Arcpanel (250mm Ecotek) straight roof panels
