Collins Square Tower 4 Combining the Link Integrated Fitouts

For the Collins Square Tower 4 & 5 project at 737 & 717 Collins Street Docklands Ion Electrical were contracted to carry out the electrical services package works. The new Tower 4 building is a state of the art 20 level office and retail building, with a 5 star energy green rating, the electrical component on Tower 4 was designed to meet all the clients’ expectation by Aecom.  The building consists of Lobby and car park levels from Levels 00 to level 5, A retail precinct on level 1, Main entry lobby for Tower 4 and Tower 5 on levels 3 to 5, 15 levels of office space and 1 plantroom on level 21.

The electrical installation completed by Ion consisted of the following key items:

  • Main switchboards
  • Standby Generation Plant consisting of 1 x base building and 1 x Tenant generators providing backup power to the house areas, mechanical plant as well as the Link Tenancy floors. Future Tenants are able to draw on the standby power if required.
  • Tri-Generation Plant consisting 3 x 200 kwatt microturbines.
  • Base UPS system which provide Uninterrupted power to the base building communications infrastructure.
  • Distribution boards to both the house and tenancy areas.
  • Clipsal C-Bus2 Lighting Control System to all areas incorporating DALI dimming and control with daylight harvesting to the tenancy floors.
  • Supply and installation of all Light fittings to both BOH and tenancy areas as well at the main lobby.
  • Legrand Computer monitored Emergency Lighting system.
  • Lightning Protection system.
  • Communications network cabling throughout the building for base building infrastructure. As well as the Panduit Category 6A system to the Link Tenancy fitout.
  • Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to provide full mobile phone coverage to the building for three major carriers.

Specifications

Total Value: $12,800,000

Project Duration: 15 months

Expected Peak: 40 employees

An Excerpt from The Australian National Construction Major Project Review:

Equipping Tower 4 Collins Square with all electrical wiring services and communications cabling was not a job for the faint-hearted. It required technical competence, experience and a commitment to safety, budgets and the building schedule.

Ion Electrical was selected for this major contract as it has an excellent performance record in highrise electrical contracting. To add to the size of the project, Ion Electrical simultaneously completed the electrical work on Tower 2 Collins Square.

Project Manager for Ion Electrical, Rom Testa, said the tight time frame on the Tower 4 project required a solid commitment of personnel to meet deadlines. “We had up to 70 of our 140 total staff numbers on site at peak times. This enabled us to maintain progress without calling in extra shifts.”

Ion Electrical installed all electricals, fibre optic data cabling and mobile antenna system cabling. “The biggest challenge was setting up the lighting for the huge green wall in the Atrium,” Rom said. “It is reputed to be the biggest green wall in the southern hemisphere so it naturally took some careful design and planning to get it right.”

Ion Electrical was established in 2009 and has grown to become a market leader in commercial electrical projects and maintenance. Developing total electrical solutions for its clients is what Ion does best. It has recently completed major electrical works on Melbourne One, UOM Building of Architecture and South Bank Grand. Some of Ions current projects also include the Australis and Southbank Central Residential Towers as well as the Monash University Learning & Teaching Centre.

Rom Testa said that apart from the technical expertise of the directors and senior staff at Ion Electrical, the company employs only fully-qualified and ticketed staff with a retention rate of over 95%. “As a result we have a staff which totally aligned with our objectives, quality standards and commitment to exceeding our clients’ expectations. Our team is very proud of its contribution to the Tower 4 project.”