81-85 Beach Street

This commercial building with dual street frontages was largely unmodified since construction in the 1980’s.

A complete redevelopment of the building was developed by the architects including complete new street frontages, removal of existing stairs, installation of new stairs and lift and a new third floor to significantly expand lettable floor area.

As part of this 1,800m2 project, structural options were investigated and Hadleys developed a structural scheme which utilised existing concrete roof, floors, walls and foundations. While some new walls and foundations were required to strengthen the building to 100% of New Building Standard, the scheme enabled significant material, time and cost savings over a complete rebuild.