A $5.5 million three-level fitout of VW Australia's new head office building in Chullora, NSW, has been completed.
Designed by architects Davenport Campbell, the fitout includes original artwork and graphic displays, a wide range of high-quality finishes, customised joinery and state of the art kitchens, breakout areas and meeting facilities.
Unique custom artworks and auto-themed installations include feature walls adorned with number plates and VW mag wheels.
There is also a number of chrome exhaust pipe-styled partition screens and a highly stylised, wall-mounted chrome replica of the front end of an old VW Combi van.
It includes a 300 sqm external terrace that will act as an outdoor lunch area for office staff, complete with trendy, customised outdoor furniture, barbeques, a billiards table and electrical louvred roof system.
The project also involved the fitout of a purpose-built 3,700 sqm training workshop complete with classrooms and auto hoists on the building’s ground floor.
The workshop will be used to educate auto-mechanics from VW dealerships all over Australia on servicing and repairing new VW vehicles.
Construction firm ISIS completed the project on a tight 11-week timeframe, allowing VW Australia to shift its business operations and over 300 staff from its previous Botany head office as soon as the paint dried.
ISIS Project Manager Steve Latham said the lavish 5,900 sqm office fitout on the first and second floors was high in architectural detail, adding an extra degree of difficulty to the project given the short timeframe for completion.
Latham said the speed, scale and detail of the project meant up to 120 workers were required onsite at any given time.
“This is a very large number given the size of the project, so to ensure safety, efficiency and speed we had two Site Managers operating onsite at all times,” Latham said.
“This meant we could accommodate scope change and still complete the project on time, without the need for night shifts or acceleration costs to be passed onto our clients.”
