Joyner is located within the Moreton Bay Regional Council area, approximately three kilometres Northwest of Strathpine. RMA assisted our client with structure planning for lots totalling over 143 hectares which was zoned as an emerging community within a transaction precinct. This included civil, transport, flooding and stormwater engineering, and infrastructure planning services to inform the …
The Gullen Solar Farm project is the development of a 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant. The project is co-located within the existing Gullen Range Wind Farm occupies an area of approximately 64 hectares located in south east NSW. Locating the solar farm adjacent to the wind farm minimised required infrastructure (such as roads, power lines and telecommunications), …
The Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (QUDM) is the bible for stormwater design in Queensland, Australia and internationally. Although not a statutory document, QUDM is referenced in most Council Planning Schemes. It addresses the technical and regulatory aspects requiring consideration during the planning, design and management of urban stormwater drainage systems. QUDM Version 2 was released …
Sunny Queen pride themselves on supplying premium quality eggs across Australia. The grading process is necessary to ensure certain sizes of blemish-free eggs are packed for sale in supermarkets and stalls. RMA designed the original grading floor for Sunny Queen and recently designed the expansion of the facility. RMA provided full principal consultant services, managing …
Cotton Seed Distributors are the sole suppliers of cotton seed throughout Australia. They have recently completed a $91 million redevelopment of their cotton seed processing plant and laboratory based in Wee Waa, NSW. RMA’s structural team designed a bespoke solution to fit the client’s specific operational requirements, including a delinting facility and laboratory. This included …
RMA was engaged by Carr Farms to provide value engineering and redesign of that site that was completed by a previous consultant. The bulk earthworks design by RMA consisted of 200,000 cubic metres cut and 187,000 cubic metres of fill with 12m high batters. The redesign by RMA saved up to 50,000 cubic metres of …
The development is located on a very steep site and consists of consists of 2 basement levels (car parks), ground floor level (industrial), level 1 and 2 (office) and external works. It has involved a mixture of construction methods including: bored piers; strip footings for external columns; pad footings/ pier caps for internal columns and …
Value Engineering When RMA was engaged to design a major workers camp at Miles, we worked with the client to minimise costs across the whole project. A particular issue was a condition that had already been proposed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) for the client to pay for upgrade of three …
This building consisted of two basement carparks, a retail level at ground floor, eight residential levels, and a recreational roof deck. The original building design was inherited from the previous approval of the site, and initial cost estimates indicated the project was not feasible. From an initial review, we identified potential savings in the project …
RMA was engaged under a Design and Construct contract with Hutchinson Builders to deliver civil, structural and hydraulic engineering services. Our involvement started in the post-DA stage, where we found inconsistencies in the previous consultant’s drawings that meant many of Council’s civil requirements could not be fulfilled. Due to the project’s tight time frames, we …