14/06/2024
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ADCO Selected to Build Darebin Multi-Sports Stadium
ADCO is delighted to commence building Darebin Multi-Sport Stadium (MSS) at John Cain Memorial Park in Melbourne’s inner suburbs. Designed by Brand Architects, Australia, the $22 million MSS in Thornbury will offer three indoor multi-purpose courts to accommodate a range of sports such as netball, basketball, badminton, volleyball and roller derby. The stadium will provide spectators 298 fixed seats and six universal access spaces. Other features at the facility will include player change rooms, administration, multi-purpose rooms and ancillary areas with a cafe, spectator facilities and a new car park area servicing the precinct. When complete next October, the facility...
Registration of Interest Now Open for HMAS Cairns
ADCO is one of the oldest and most established Australian-owned construction companies and we are now bringing our considerable experience to the defence sector. We are currently tendering for the Managing Contractor role to deliver design and construction services for the NCIS-8A Buildings and Maritime Works, HMAS Cairns and adjacent sites, Queensland. The proposed works of NCIS-8A include the upgrade and construction of new fit-for-purpose facilities and infrastructure to support the introduction into service of the Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (ACOPV) at HMAS Cairns (Queensland). ADCO Constructions is now seeking Registrations of Interest (ROI) from those in the industry...
ADCO Commences Cutting-Edge Perth Fitout for Hames Sharley
ADCO is proudly Builder of Choice for Hames Sharley’s new office space in Hay Street Mall, Central Perth. The two-storey refurbishment will make use of disused department store space, which has been vacant for 35 years, located above the existing Target store. The project will see upgrades to the ground floor lobby and entrance, alterations to the building’s basement and structure to create bike parking facilities, the installation of two lifts, internal building connection upgrades, the extension of Level 3 to create a flexible meeting space, and the creation of a roof terrace which will accommodate the firm’s beekeeping activities....
ADCO Get Active and Raise $60,000 to Help Homeless Youth
ADCO congratulates all those who participated in the Property Industry Foundation’s 30-day Fitness Challenge for a resounding finish today! We were delighted to top the team fundraising leaderboard for such a fantastic cause alongside fierce competition. Raising a total of $58,907, 50 ADCO staff members tirelessly walked, ran and pedalled 12,495 km to build homes for homeless children through PIF, who we have gladly supported for many years. Congratulations in particular to Andrew Fullard, who topped the leaderboard after cycling 2440 km; Anthony Flynn for walking over 300km; and Blake Turner on his mighty effort running 321km. And well done...
ADCO Selected to Build Batemans Bay Aquatic and Art Centre
ADCO is delighted to have been named head contractor for Batemans Bay’s Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre on the South Coast of NSW, for Eurobodalla Shire Council. The new aquatic centre will replace the community’s existing pool at Mackay Park, providing an a 25-metre, eight-lane pool with ramp access, a warm-water therapy pool, an indoor leisure pool with learn-to-swim and toddler areas, water-play areas and waterslides, a gym, group fitness rooms, and amenities. The centre will also contains arts and cultural facilities including a, 350-seat theatre, dressing and green rooms, rehearsal space, art exhibition and storage space, meeting and...
ADCO Picks Up Two MBA Awards on the Gold Coast
ADCO is pleased to have picked up two regional Master Builders Queensland Gold Coast awards! In a livestream event ADCO was announced winner in the category ‘Education Facilities over $10 million’ for our Bond University Health Sciences and Medicine extension on campus in Robina. We also took first place in the ‘Commercial Building ($5 million – $50 million)’ category for our Mazda Australia Pty Ltd Showroom in Southport. Congratulations to our hardworking project teams on the Gold Coast!
Sod Turn Marks Beginning of Waves Baulkham Hills Construction
ADCO and The Hills Shire Council celebrated the beginning of construction at our Waves Aquatic Centre site in Sydney’s north-west suburb of Baulkham Hills. We were pleased to welcome Mayor of The Hills Shire, Dr Michelle Byrne and her fellow Councillors to the site yesterday, joining our NSW State Manager John Basilisco for a sod turn to symbolise the beginning of construction on the important community project. In May, The Hills Shire Council announced that ADCO had been chosen to redevelop the much-loved local pool into an elite sporting and community facility, in a rigorous selection process. When finished, the...
Construction Commences on $35M Tafe Gippsland Development
ADCO is excited to have commenced construction on TAFE Gippsland’s $35.5 million redevelopment in the regional centre of Morwell, east of Melbourne. Stage 2 works will see the construction of Morwell Trade Skills Centre. When complete, the MTSC will be used to provide training in electrotechnology, new energy systems, instrumentation and plumbing trade training with specialist workshops, lab facilities and more general-purpose classrooms. We are working with architects GHDWoodhead on the design and are providing opportunities for local Gippsland contractors to be involved through a tender process The MTSC is due for completion in late 2021, and when ready to...
Spectacular La Trobe Sports Park Project Reaches Completion
Take a look at ADCO’s stunning build for Stage 2 of La Trobe University’s $150 million Sports Park redevelopment, Bundoora. The design and construct project saw ADCO finalise La Trobe’s world-class sports teaching and training facility, offering teaching spaces, labs, offices, six multi-purpose indoor courts and a plaza with incorporated landscaping. The teaching and research building (Levels 1 & 2) includes a public lounge, reception area, café, community courts, change room facilities, research teaching lab, biomechanics lab, strength and conditioning training zone, altitude training room, meeting rooms, office space, end of trip facilities and back of house zone. Upon completion,...
Construction Begins on Brisbane Mixed-Use Health Development
ADCO is proud to be Builder of Choice on a new mixed-use development for our client Wren Street Health Investments. The eye-catching, new medical centre will be located just 200 metres from Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Bowen Hills. ADCO has commenced on site, and when complete in October 2021, the $25 million medical centre will incorporate four levels of medical suites, one level offering a day surgery and seven levels of parking. We are pleased to be working with project managers Akalan and architects ThomsonAdsett on this much-needed project.