Mandurah Baptist College
| Location | Mandurah |
| Client | Mandurah Baptist College |
Mandurah Baptist College Stage 5 included new primary school classrooms, an ablutions block, staff offices, and meeting rooms, alongside a 1,200-seat auditorium complete with a canteen, changing rooms, ablutions, and storage facilities.
The construction works involved bulk earthworks, limestone stripping, in situ footings, floor slabs, and suspended tiered seating. Materials used included face and plastered brickwork, tilt panels, structural steel, timber trusses, custom orb and trim deck roof cladding, and wall sheeting.
For the auditorium, acoustic and fire-check tile ceilings, gyprock wall linings, perforated MDF wall cladding, and delta core planks with concrete topping were installed. External classrooms featured face brickwork, while painted finishes were applied to external wall panels. Interior finishes included custom orb wall cladding, vinyl, carpet, and tiling, with a sprung timber floor installed in the stage area. Perforated MDF cladding complemented the auditorium’s acoustic ceilings and intricate gyprock bulkheads.
External landscaping and paving were completed to finish the project.
The works were carried out while the school remained fully operational, with the project team liaising closely with staff to maintain a safe environment at all times. Site constraints limited access, and tilt panels weighing up to 40 tonnes required reinforced prefabricated cages and precise crane installation, with up to 200 ferrules and 25 cast-in plates.
The auditorium’s acoustic ceilings, bulkheads, and proscenium arch were intricately designed, while the precast delta core planks with in situ topping presented a complex installation sequence, requiring concrete to be pumped through the roof structure at the final stage. A substantial air conditioning system, including a chiller package in a detached compound, supplied multiple plantroom units with acoustic hard ducting distributed throughout the auditorium.
Despite the technical complexity, the project was completed successfully within the 55-week timeframe.
