Design Mag Vol 3

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Together the 11-storey towers (including two

basement levels) offer 234 high-quality

apartments, with accommodation from one to

three bedrooms. Many of the apartments have

panoramic northerly views across the river to

Auchenflower.

Common to all apartments is a high standard of

finish, with the developers giving particular

attention to the design and quality of the kitchens,

bathrooms, balconies, lighting and flooring.

On-site facilities include an air-conditioned gym,

25-metre infinity-edge lap pool, wading pool,

multi-purpose theatre, recreation room, and a

communal outdoor room dubbed The Summer

House.

In all,Austral Precast manufactured and installed

377 panels for this first stage of the Waters Edge

project, 207 panels covering 1900 square metres

for Reach and a further 170 panels or 1840 square

metres for Drift.

The double-height precast concrete panels

forming the basement perimeter walls were

especially innovative in their design and

construction. Increased reinforcement allowed the

builder to use shorter props that finished just below

the soffit of the upper basement slab, thus

removing the need for costly slab penetrations.

Efficiencies were also introduced by redesigning

the curved precast balustrade elements to

increase their length and minimise the number of

radii, thereby reducing manufacturing, transport,

lifting and installation costs.

The tightly-controlled conditions of the precast

manufacturing process allows a high level of

quality and efficiency in both materials and

labour, along with the potential for economies of

scale. Production delays due to weather becomes

a thing of the past.

The completed panels are precisely engineered,

consistent and have a high level of durability. On

site, precast technologies allow rapid construction,

reduced site congestion and reduced trades.

Austral Precast also offers a complete installation

service, which Pradella Constructions chose to

utilise for this project, completing the end-to-end

service with one contract and total responsibility.

Reach and Drift, the first stage of Pradella

Developments Waters Edge project, has won a

string of HIA and MBA awards for its design,

construction, innovation and housing technology.

The two towers of Waters Edge

accommodate 234 high-quality

apartments in a prime Brisbane

riverside location.Austral Precast

manufactured and installed 377

wall panels for the project.The

company assisted in redesigning

the precast curved balustrades

allowing cost reductions.

Photography:

courtesy Pradella Developments