Project Details
Awarded the mechanical services contract for the design and construct project by Construction Control, Benmax completed a major refurbishment of the 10,000 sqm archival storage facility located in Mitchell, Canberra.
Constructed in 1981, the government owned building required a significant overhaul to ensure its integrity as a critical climate archival storage facility could be maintained. The facility is responsible for preserving records that reflect Australian history and identity and include paper records, audio-visual records and a digital archive and requires critical climate conditions to minimise temperature and humidity variations across key areas of the building to ensure items are not damaged and do not deteriorate.
Wanting to maintain the exterior facade of the building, the project focused on the removal of the existing roof to make way for the construction of a ‘concrete lid’, as well as a complete refurbishment of the building interior including essential plant and services.
The mechanical system includes air cooled chillers; gas fired boilers; thermal storage tanks; dehumidifiers; humidifiers; AHUs; fume cupboards; computer room air conditioning units; cold storage; as well as various miscellaneous air conditioning and ventilation systems.
A BMCS monitors air quality to help prevent any potential corrosion of the stored items as well as energy usage, alarms and provides the user with diagnostic capability to help keep the facility operation optimised.
The original design for the facility was enhanced by the Benmax team following in-house engineering reviews with agreed changes including:
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