HOTEL CAUSEWAY – LITTLE COLLINS ST, MELBOURNE CBD
About Project
This project involved the major renovation works to the Causeway Hotel is Melbourne’s CBD. The full scope of works included the partial demolition and full refurbishment and fit-out of 84 hotel rooms, gym and ground floor facilities including bar, kitchen, lobby and office plus a 3-story extension above the existing hotel.
The concrete package consisted of 6 levels of in-situ shear walls. Based on our proposal the walls were changed from in-situ to shotcrete walls. This change provided a major cost and program saving to the program which benefitted all parties.
Additional works to the original scope included the construction of a plant room underneath the building. A methodology was provided to our client for this complex work which they approved. The works had extremely limited access with the excavation to be carried out with a 1.5T excavator and all demolished concrete being cut into manageable pieces to make it possible to transport outside the building. Shotcrete was used to spray the external and internal walls of the plant room. The formwork material that was used in the construction of the concrete suspended slab over the plant room was removed through a small void in the slab.
APM Group engaged Shane Connaughton to construct shear walls over 6 levels at the Causeway Hotel, 273-278 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The existing structure was built in 1935 and, as is the case with such buildings, there were many difficulties and unknowns.
We found that Shane ran a great company with all his team being very accommodating to work with. They were quick not just to build, but to respond, and showed a level of professionalism that we have come to expect from subcontractors of a high calibre. They assisted in resolving onsite issues that arose due to the complexities of the project and their opinions and recommendations carried great weight.
We are very satisfied with Shane and his team and look forward to building a stronger relationship in the future.