BSE celebrates 5 successful years in Victoria!

Coming off the back of a huge celebration of 25 Years of BSE. BSE Victoria celebrated 5 successful years in business!

To commemorate this success, we held an event with a collection of our closest clients, project partners, and  local and national BSE team members. A brilliant night was enjoyed by all attendees.

Held at the Stolen Gem, overlooking the breathtaking architecture of Melbourne’s CBD, delectable food, tasty drinks and laughter were appreciated by guests as the sun set over Melbourne.

BSE’s CEO Andrew Fraser shared a few words on the growth and success that the Victorian office and team have observed over the past 5 years , while also extending a heartfelt thanks to all clients and project partners who have supported and collaborated with the Vic team to date.

Over the past 5 years, BSE Vic has been involved in a range of projects across different sectors including commercial, education, medical/laboratory, industrial, residential, retail and government. The team brings a significant collection of experience, knowledge and unique design approaches to deliver the varied projects to meet customer expectations and design intent. The assortment of guests on the evening proved a reflection of the variety of projects that Team Vic have delivered over the past 5 years.

BSE would like to extend a thank you to all clients and partners past, present and future who not only attended the festivities but also support BSE and have been part of the journey to a successful 5 years.

See all the event photos HERE

Friendly competition with Growthbuilt!

BSE welcomed the team from Growthbuilt in our Sydney office recently to connect socially and challenge our Table Tennis champions.  Building strong relationships with our clients and project partners is pivotal for BSE to deliver amazing projects. Stellar games and strong skills ensured that there were winners on both sides! Recent project collaborations between BSE and Growthbuilt include Estia Blakehurst and Anglicare Woolooware. 

Thanks to those from Growthbuilt who were able to join us.  

Melanie Kurzydlo, Nick Blom, Matthew Davies, Naim El-Kaderi, Usman Farooq, Jonathon Perdis and Glenn Mott.

MAB continues to expand in Melbourne with expansion

MAB is a Melbourne based developer targeting a range of projects from grass roots communities to skyline changing developments while establishing a legacy of originality, quality and excellence. Their Melbourne office has continued to grow, driving the need for refurbishment and expansion of their space.

Partnering with MAB Corporation, BSE has developed a services strategy to allow the St Kilda Road team to continue using the space while staged construction works are undertaken, to minimise disruption and ensure the capacity of MAB. An initial investigation was completed before design commenced to allow BSE’s design and engineering team to adequately understand the existing services approach. Our engineering solution for mechanical, electrical (power, data, comms), security and hydraulic services are an integration of new and existing tenancy, by adding in an AV brief to BSE’s scope MAB is provided with a consistent and buildable solution. The important requirement of maintaining operability of the space for MAB’s team was achieved through creation of temporary work zones, maintaining network connectivity and operational service systems such as power, fire protection and HVAC.

Stage one of the refurbishment, which prioritised reception, staff breakout, board and meeting rooms has been completed, with stage two (executive offices and workstations and utility spaces) and stage three (breakout workspaces, utility spaces and workstations) to be completed per schedule, providing 1,870m2.

BSE 25 Year Celebration

2019 is our 25th year of operation!

 To observe this milestone, we gathered team members from our four offices across Australia, project and business partners, with past and present clients to commemorate the outstanding achievement of 25 years in business.

When addressing gathered guests, Andrew Fraser, CEO, championed the vision of the celebration, to recognise and appreciate the people and organisations who have shaped BSE on our journey, to date. Describing the infectious enthusiasm and passion of our design and engineering teams, the stimulating and supportive management team, with ever reliable sub-consultants, contractors and service providers. The significance of loyal and dependable clients, friends and industry colleagues are the final pieces of the puzzle that made our consultancy successful.

Special word of thanks from Andrew to our Board Directors, Cameron Webb and Nicki Fraser.

 Considering BSE’s loyal clients, Andrew discussed the unwavering support making the 25 years an experience he has both enjoyed and is proud of. Andrew continued:

“Whilst the construction industry has gone through its typical cycles, its challenging and growth periods, its flips between full-design and D&C methodologies, BSE has steadily adapted to the market conditions and grown with its approach of ‘engineering service above all else’, an approach which we recently branded as our ‘true partners’ policy”.

 BSE’s team continue to promote this vision of True Partnership through all aspects of design, engineering and project delivery. Our 25 years of success is a result of the efforts of many talented and passionate team members, past and present.

 All event photos can be seen here: https://www.bse.com.au/25-year-celebration

New $34 million dollar aged care facility set to open in Blakehurst NSW

The new Estia Health in Blakehurst NSW is designed as a 5-storey aged care facility with new capacity for residents.

Located next to Todd Park and Carrs Park, Estia Health Blakehurst will provide 4 floors of residential accommodation, hair salon, therapy and multipurpose room, club lounge, wellness centre, outdoor activities space including rooftop terrace, undercover pergola and BBQ area. Up to 99 residential rooms are provided with intent to provide residents an above standard living space and greater independence.

Including a basement carpark, this $34 million project is currently in construction with completion expected in 2020. Collaborating with Growthbuilt and Integrated Design, BSE has delivered engineering design and documentation for electrical, mechanical, fire protection and hydraulic services. Estia Health provides residential homes and aged care solutions nationwide, providing residents with centric services and clinical care.

Sydney RECO August & September Winners!

Congratulations to our recent RECO Award winners!

Stuart Johnson, Director NSW, received the RECO award for August. Stuart has embraced his recent promotion, stepping up his commitment to project delivery and creating a great environment for the Sydney.

Philip Li, Hydraulic & Fire Engineer, received the RECO award for September. Philip is a relatively new addition to our team, but his efforts to ensure successful project delivery and fast-tracked adoption of Revit has already made a positive impression on the rest of the team.

RECO is a team member led group in our Sydney office who focus on giving our teams different ways to engage with each other and provide a platform for positive peer recognition. This year’s committee is organising exciting activities and events throughout the year.

Secure collaborative spaces for Melbourne’s government office

A new government fitout is almost ready! Located at 35 Collins St, Melbourne, once completed this fresh space of 6,500m2 will provide users with quality office areas, collaborative opportunities and functional amenities. The design intent of the project team is to manifest flexible working and promote a digital workplace for the future.

Critical to the success of this digital facility is the integration and simplicity of enhanced video conferencing, unified room booking process and wayfinding to guide users and guests through the new physical environment, while improving their understanding and experience. Our designers and engineers worked with specialists and end users to integrate adequate solutions into the design and fully realise the vision for the fitout.

New internal stairs are an integral axis of the overall functionality and collaborative nature of the space, which require advanced fire protection requirements. BSE’s designers provided solutions to the building code requirements while ensuring the appropriate aesthetic nature of the fitout.

BSE worked with project partners JLL and PTID to deliver this direction though our concept design, detailed documentation and construction assistance for electrical, communications, mechanical, fire protection and audio-visual services.

BSE at PCA Property Congress 2019

BSE will once again be in attendance at the PCA Property Congress. Our attendees on Hamilton Island this year will be Andrew Fraser (CEO), Cameron Webb (Director) and Godfrey Frederick (Director – National Business Development). The team is looking forward to connecting with all of the attendees and participate in the thought leadership, networking opportunities and hearing from the exciting line up speakers at the many sessions over Congress.

If you are there, come and say hi!

BSE Fundraises for PIF

BSE is a passionate corporate donor of the Property Industry Foundation; their National Hard Hat Campaign is our annual (and favourite) way of including all our teams in the important fundraising work PIF do to build homes for homeless youth. Our 2019 target of $2000 which was completely smashed with $3,162 raised!

Our 2019 National Hard Hat Campaign was certainly a campaign! Our fundraising activities included a cupcake decorating competition, trivia night, brownies and PIF cookies, champagne raffle, and sweet guessing jar. The cornerstone of our fundraising each year is team members donating an hour of their pay, which is matched generously by BSE.

Gavin Hanbridge from PIF, attended our Sydney office and undertook the gargantuan task of judging our cupcake decorating competition. Participants donated $5 notes for their cupcake decoration entry, and we were blown away by the creativity and skill of the team. Wade Prendergast (Hydraulic/Fire Team Leader) took top prize with his cupcake creature that seemed to be truly alive. Our guest judge was less impressed with other creations, awarding the wooden spoon to our CEO, Andrew Fraser, for ‘most in need of improvement’ – Andrew was a great sport about it all.

Next up, brownies and PIF cookies kindly crafted by Amelia Fraser for our Melbourne office, the team getting into the giving spirit.

On Hard Hat Day itself, BSE’s Sydney office dug deeper into our pockets for a trivia night (closely won by Stuart Johnson and Godfrey Frederick), bought raffle tickets for a donated magnum of Moet and bottle of Verve champagne, and emptied their spare change for a chance to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar. Adam Kelly (Mechanical Engineer) was spot on for his guess of 750 jelly beans (actual 749), and Siti Mustaffa (Mechanical Engineer) made a clean sweep of the Moet and Verve (which she will enthusiastically share with the whole office!).

The magnum was re-donated to the raffle after Jessica Chesser (National Operations Manager) won it at PIF’s Poker Night, the Verve graciously donated by a special BSE client. BSE donated all other prizes allowing all funds raised be sent directly to PIF.

Congratulations on Promotions!

BSE are delighted to announce the promotion of Stuart Johnson to NSW Director and Chris Moore as Team Leader for our Interiors and Refurbishment team!

 Since joining BSE nearly 3 years ago, Stuart has consistently delivered positive project outcomes and innovative solutions while developing a stellar Building and Infrastructure team and expanding our project partner scope. This promotion gives Stuart the scope to drive NSW growth and continue exceeding expectations of our clients.

 Chris Moore has been part of the BSE team for almost 4 years and utilises his multi-discipline approach to streamline the project delivery process and launch amazing workspaces and refreshed buildings for end users. With this new scope, Chris will lead the Interiors team, partnering with architects, project managers and end users.

 Pictured here with our recently named new National team members - Jessica Chesser, National Operations Manager, Mike Taherian, National BIM Manager and Nicki Fraser, National Finance Manager. In the past few months BSE has seen positive growth with new projects and an increase in project partners. This would have not been possible without a team formed of spectacularly talented and result-driven individuals.

RECO Peer Recognition for June & July [Sydney]

WINNERS! | Congratulations to Jessica Chesser and Maggie Xia for winning the RECO awards for June and July!

Jessica was nominated for outstanding efforts in her QA audits and re-certification and training Maggie also won the award for her bright attitude towards her work and assistance towards others.

 RECO is a team member led group in our Sydney office who focus on giving our teams different ways to engage with each other and provide a platform for positive peer recognition. This year’s committee is organising exciting activities and events throughout the year.

Ever Evolving Teamwork

TEAMWORK: Delivering successful project outcomes is our core business, developing our team’s relationships and capacity to work effectively in teams enhances our capacity to do this.

BSE’s teams connect regularly, often over some tasty food, refreshing drinks and fun activities. BSE’s Melbourne team has expanded to 6, recently everyone stepped away from the computers to share lunch, laughs and ideas. The Sydney RECO committee (staff led social and recognition committee) took the team out for an informal lunch in the winter sunshine.

In addition to the lunches, BSE celebrated a successful financial year with several very competitive rounds of ten-pin bowling, giving many laughs and the inevitable controversary of who the actual winner was! We’re still undecided if it was Chris Moore or Andrew Crowe.

Our approach to this team relationship building, is both planned and reactive. Intentionally planned, budgeted and organised, while flexible in opportunities, capturing snippets of non-resourced time and filling them with fun.

Kennards Hire equipment opens new store at Airport West, Victoria

The newest Kennards Hire equipment warehouse has recently opened in Airport West, Victoria. Kennards Hire is renowned for equipment hire for small and larger projects across Australia and New Zealand. The BSE VIC team collaborated with MCHP Architects and Kennards Hire to provide the design documentation for the new Kennards Hire outlet building. This project was listed as a pilot project to accommodate a larger than usual Kennards store which allowed for internal vehicular access.

 BSE was assigned to document the relevant services documentation aligned with the Kennards design standards and liaise with the relevant electricity and water authorities for the external connections. BSE delivered electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and fire services as well as documenting in Revit which was key from a services coordination perspective given the amount of exposed services.

Preston Medical Centre design stage complete

The newly proposed Preston Medical Centre located at 353 Plenty Road, Preston, has recently completed the design phase. In collaboration with architects COAD88, BSE’s Victorian team designed and documented services solutions for electrical (lighting and power), hydraulic and fire protection. The Medical Centre will include two floors of reception/ welcome spaces, medical and consulting rooms, carpark and capacity for ambulance entry. The striking design of reverse flat roof and quality finishes gives the building presence in this location. The Centre will provide the local community with qualified doctors, health practitioners and a welcoming place.

Our design team used creative design and practiced methods to deliver this design and are looking forward to seeing the building come to life during construction soon.

BSE attends PCA’s Annual Women in Property Lunch

BSE’s Sydney team recently attended the NSW Property Council’s Annual Women in Property Lunch! With bubbles, a fabulous lunch and guest speaker Magda Szubanski AO, we had a great time listening to topical discussion and a few jokes around inclusion in the workplace with more than 1000 other industry professionals! BSE is an ally of diversity in the workplace, it was great that so many of our fantastic female team members were able to enjoy the afternoon.

Department of Education & Training team moves into a new office space

A new commercial space is now complete for the Department of Education and Training, Victoria. BSE’s Victorian team delivered building services along with Jones Lang LaSalle as the project managers. The government fitout is approximately 1,100sqm, encompassing open plan office, meeting room, workstations and a new large kitchen to accommodate roughly 100 team members.  

This new flexible workspace has views of Melbourne to Port Philip Bay and allows the DET’s team to improve engagement and collaboration through coworking and shared office solutions. The design is to DET’s office standards is aligned with their operational needs. BSE’s team were able to supplement base-building supply to allow sufficient lighting to all workstations and meet lighting quality requirements. Services delivered were electrical, communication, security, mechanical, fire and hydraulic services across tender documentation and construction services.

RECO Peer Recognition for May [Sydney]

WINNER! | Michael Yan received May’s RECO award from our Sydney team, nominated by his peers for outstanding customer service and exceptional project results. Each month our winner receives a certificate, trophy and gift card.

RECO is a team member led group in our Sydney office who focus on giving our teams different ways to engage with each other and provide a platform for positive peer recognition. This year’s committee is Kenneth Tang, Mike Taherian and Jessica Chesser.

Pedestrian safety is boosted at Deakin University

Godfrey Frederick, BSE’s National Business Development Manager recently visited Deakin University in Melbourne to have a look at one of BSE’s projects on the campus. We recently designed part of the new street lighting infrastructure at the Burwood Campus entry. Congratulations to the BSE Melbourne team for a job well done.

BSE has undertaken a pedestrian safety upgrade project for the Entrance 2 at the Burwood campus. Construction and installation phases are complete.

Wesley Hospital, Ashfield is in full operation

Located in the Sydney’s Inner west, Wesley Hospital in Ashfield offers patients and hospital staff well equipped accommodations and for their care.

The hospital recently conducted an upgrade project carried which included the new construction of 4 recreation rooms along with the refurbishment of entry, reception, offices and nurses’ stations and ancillary works throughout the existing private hospital.

BSE’s design team tackled the challenge of limited as-installed information by undertaking detailed investigation to understand and document the existing services. The services designed were engineered and planned to enable the facility to continue full operation across the entire upgrade program.

BSE provided professional engineering consulting services including mechanical and electrical services, which were were designed to support the operational requirements of the hospital with robust plant and equipment selection, ease of maintenance and the safety of occupants a prime consideration. With Impact Group as Project Manager and BSE as services engineers, this project was delivered successfully - on time and on budget.

Image Credit: Wesley Mission

Revamp of TC Beirne Building & B. Lucky Sons Fit-out

The revamp of TC Beirne Building and B. Lucky & Sons’ newest gaming venue are now open to the public! BSE partnered with both project teams across to deliver base-building upgrades and tenancy fit-out to deliver these outstanding rejuvenated spaces.

TC Beirne Building, a heritage listed building located in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley underwent a full base-building upgrade. BSE partnered with Funlab to revitalize the building delivering mechanical, hydraulic, gas and fire services consulting engineering.

Credit: B. Lucky & Sons

Following TC Beirne’s all services upgrade, BSE partnered with Funlab to deliver mechanical fit-out services to create a relaxing and entertaining recreational space for B. Lucky & Sons within the TC Beirne Building. The new space offers customers a singular experience of entertaining new and old-school arcade games with kitchens offering pizza to prawn crackers and a full-service luxury bar.

 The approach of delivering tenancies in a building after a base building upgrade, is an approach which all of BSE’s design teams appreciate. Given the opportunity to design a tenancy space gives our engineers the ability to take full advantage of a new and well documented base-building design. This ensures a high quality, buildable and maintenance-effective outcome.